Coming to theatres tomorrow, Friday, November 5 and to Netflix this Sunday, November 7:
THE LAST FOREST
Director:
Luiz Bolognesi
World Premiere:
Berlin 2021
Select Festivals:
It’s All True, Visions du Réel, Hot Docs, Chicago
About:
Alternating between documentary observation and staged sequences, a revealing look at the Indigenous community of the Yanomami, depicting their threatened natural environment in the Amazon rainforest.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to PBS tomorrow, Friday, November 5:
THE ORATORIO
Director:
Alex Bayer, Jonathan Mann, Mary Anne Rothberg
World Premiere:
Santa Barbara 2020
Select Festivals:
Nashville, St Louis
About:
A watershed moment in American music history, the staging of an opera in a NYC cathedral in 1826, is recreated.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to theatres today, Wednesday, November 3:
LOVE IT WAS NOT
Director:
Maya Sarfaty
World Premiere:
Docaviv 2020
Select Festivals:
IDFA, Hot Docs
About:
The unbelievable and tragic love story of Helena, a young Jewish prisoner in Auschwitz, and Austrian SS officer Franz Wunsch.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to Netflix today, Wednesday, November 3:
A COP MOVIE
Director:
Alonso Ruizpalacios
World Premiere:
Berlin 2021
Select Festivals:
San Sebastian, Melbourne, Zurich, Hamptons, BFI London, Sydney, Chicago
About:
Set on the mean streets of Mexico city, fiction and documentary intertwine in this portrayal of the life of a police officer.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to theatres tomorrow, Wednesday, November 3:
SIMPLE AS WATER
Director:
Megan Mylan
World Premiere:
Tribeca 2020 (unscreened)
Select Festivals:
Montclair, AFI Fest
About:
A meditation on the elemental bonds of family told through portraits of four Syrian families in the aftermath of war.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to OVID.tv tomorrow, Wednesday, November 3:
BERKELEY IN THE SIXTIES
Director:
Mark Kitchell
World Premiere:
Sundance 1990 (then known as the US Film Festival)
Notable Recognition:
The doc was nominated for the Academy Awards.
About:
A look back at the exhilaration and turmoil of the unprecedented student protests of the 1960s at the University of California that shaped a generation and changed the course of America.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to VOD today, Tuesday, November 2:
THE ALPINIST
Director:
Peter Mortimer, Nick Rosen
World Premiere:
SXSW 2020 (unscreened)
Select Festivals:
Telluride (unscreened)
About:
A profile of Marc-André Leclerc, a free-spirited 23-year-old climber who makes some of the boldest solo ascents in history.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to DVD tomorrow, Tuesday, November 2:
THE HIDDEN LIFE OF TREES
Director:
Jörg Adolph
World Premiere:
German theatrical (January 2020)
Select Festivals:
Berlin, Bergen, Docville, Barcelona, Vancouver
About:
An immersive and eye-opening look at the scientific mechanisms behind forests.
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Coming to VOD tomorrow, Tuesday, November 2:
MISSING IN BROOKS COUNTY
Director:
Lisa Molomot, Jeff Bemiss
World Premiere:
Dallas Docufest 2020
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Double Exposure, United Nations Association, Hot Springs Doc, Rocky Mountain Women’s, Fargo, Salem, Sonoma, Thin Line, Cleveland, Annapolis, Ashland, Sarasota, RiverRun, Mountainfilm
About:
The deadly consequences of America’s immigration policy are revealed in a Texan border town.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to PBS’s POV today, Monday, November 1:
NORTH BY CURRENT
Director:
Angelo Madsen Minax
World Premiere:
Berlin 2021
Select Festivals:
Tribeca, Sheffield, Krakow, Melbourne, AFI Docs, Camden, Frameline, Outfest, Sidewalk, Freep, Doclisboa, Montclair
About:
In this personal essay about motherhood, grieving, and transgender masculinity, the unexplained death of his niece leads the director back to his family.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
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