Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, November 9:
MUHAMMAD ALI
Director:
Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon
World Premiere:
PBS broadcast (September 2021)
About:
A four-part docuseries providing an in-depth look at the life of the legendary boxer, activist, and philanthropist.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to VOD tomorrow, Tuesday, November 9:
THE DILEMMA OF DESIRE
Director:
Maria Finitzo
World Premiere:
SXSW 2020 (unscreened)
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Hot Docs, AFI Docs, St Louis, Docs Against Gravity, Raindance, Woodstock, Doclands
About:
An exploration of the clash between the external power of gender politics and the equally powerful imperative of female sexual desire.
The film previously screened at DOC NYC, for which our program notes read:
In this timely and radical film about female desire, gender politics, and sexuality, director Maria Finitzo invites us to share intimate conversations with women on a mission to reverse a patriarchal legacy that excludes female empowerment through omissions and distortions. Sophia Wallace’s artwork on “cliteracy” acts as a powerful framing device as the film explores such issues as the lack of clitoral details in anatomy books, the need for redesigning toys for female pleasure, and the use of one’s own body as an act of resistance.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to PBS’s Independent Lens today, Monday, November 8:
FERGUSON RISES
Director:
Mobolaji Olambiwonnu
World Premiere:
Tribeca 2021
About:
Six years after the fatal shooting of an unarmed Michael Brown Jr by a white police officer, and the subsequent days of protest, a new portrait of the community of Ferguson.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to Showtime tomorrow, Saturday, November 6:
ATTICA
Director:
Stanley Nelson, Traci Curry
World Premiere:
Toronto 2021
Select Festivals:
Hot Springs Doc, Montclair
About:
An examination of the largest prison uprising in US history through dozens of new interviews with inmates, journalists, and other witnesses.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to MUBI tomorrow, Saturday, November 6:
MOMENTS LIKE THIS NEVER LAST
Director:
Cheryl Dunn
World Premiere:
DOC NYC 2020
Select Festivals:
Docaviv, Melbourne
About:
A compelling, immersive portrait of the late artist Dash Snow.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to theatres today, Friday, November 5:
JULIA
Director:
Julie Cohen, Betsy West
World Premiere:
Telluride 2021
Select Festivals:
Toronto, DOC NYC, Hamptons, Chicago, AFI Fest, Mill Valley, Philadelphia, Woodstock, Heartland
About:
A portrait of the trailblazing, exuberant chef who filled TV screens for decades.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
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.
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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
