Coming to Paramount+ today, Monday, November 15:
SABAYA
Director:
Hogir Hirori
World Premiere:
Sundance 2021
Select Festivals:
Nantucket, CPH:DOX, True/False, Docaviv, Hong Kong, Moscow, Melbourne
About:
An immersion into dangerous efforts to rescue Yazidi women and girls from their horrific fate as ISIS sex slaves.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to theatres today, Friday, November 12:
CUSP
Director:
Parker Hill, Isabel Bethencourt
World Premiere:
Sundance 2021
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Camden, AFI Docs, Stockholm
About:
An intimate chronicle of the lives of three teenage girls in a Texas military town.
I previously wrote about the doc before Sundance here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to theatres today, Friday, November 12:
PROCESSION
Director:
Robert Greene
World Premiere:
Telluride 2021
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Camden, Heartland, Montclair, Philadelphia, AFI Fest
About:
Six men, each abused by Catholic priests and, decades later, still in search of peace collaborate with the director and a team of therapists to create short films confronting their pasts.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to Discovery+ today, Friday, November 12:
SET!
Director:
Scott Gawlik
World Premiere:
Hot Docs 2021
Select Festivals:
IDFA, Melbourne, Heartland, Cork, Napa Valley, Newport Beach
About:
Seven cut-throat competitive table setting hopefuls feverishly prepare their entries for a prestigious county fair, serving up artistry, hilarity, and serious frenemy vibes on a silver platter.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to theatres and to virtual cinemas today, Friday, November 12:
MOTHER, I AM SUFFOCATING. THIS IS MY LAST FILM ABOUT YOU.
Director:
Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese
World Premiere:
Berlin 2019
Select Festivals:
Sheffield, Documentary Fortnight, Docaviv, Encounters, Durban
About:
A personal essay about the filmmaker’s relationship to his home continent, Africa.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to theatres today, Friday, November 5:
COURAGE
Director:
Aliaksei Paluyan
World Premiere:
Berlin 2021
Select Festivals:
CPH:DOX, Visions du Réel, Hot Docs, Fajr, Krakow, Sheffield, Dokufest
About:
In the course of the 2020 Belarussian presidential elections, an underground theatre group takes part in peaceful mass protests, narrowly escaping arrest and torture.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to theatres tomorrow, Friday, November 12:
NO STRAIGHT LINES: THE RISE OF QUEER COMICS
Director:
Vivian Kleiman
World Premiere:
Tribeca 2021
Select Festivals:
Sheffield, AFI Docs, Frameline, Outfest, Heartland, BendFilm, GlobeDocs
About:
A profile of five pioneers of queer comedy, as they tackle everything from the AIDS crisis and workplace discrimination to the search for love and a good haircut.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to Amazon Prime Video tomorrow, Friday, November 12:
MAYOR PETE
Director:
Jesse Moss
World Premiere:
Chicago 2021
Select Festivals:
NewFest, Philadelphia, Virginia, Heartland
About:
A look at Pete Buttigieg’s campaign to be the first openly gay US president.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to theatres this Friday, November 12:
PAPER & GLUE
Director:
JR
World Premiere:
Tribeca 2021
Select Festivals:
Hamptons, Camden, Montclair, Mill Valley, Philadelphia
About:
From the favelas of Rio de Janeiro to the US-Mexico border to the courtyard of a supermax prison, JR’s large-scale photomurals have turned some of the most provocative spaces of the world into eye-catching immersive art that challenges perspectives and unites communities.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to OVID.tv tomorrow, Thursday, November 11:
DELPHINE’S PRAYERS
Director:
Rosine Mbakam
World Premiere:
Cinéma du Réel 2021
Select Festivals:
True/False, Documentary Fortnight, Jihlava, Indielisboa, DOXA, Sheffield, Dokufest, Open City
About:
A portrait of a young Cameroonian girl who exposes the patriarchy and colonialism that continues to suppress African women.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
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