Coming to the Metrograph’s virtual cinema today, Monday, June 14:
LAND OF SILENCE AND DARKNESS
Director:
Werner Herzog
World Premiere:
Mannheim-Heidelberg 1971
Select Festivals:
Cannes, New York, One World, Thessaloniki Doc
About:
A blind and deaf woman is on a mission to help others with the same disabilities.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to Netflix this Sunday, June 13:
PICTURE A SCIENTIST
Director:
Sharon Shattuck, Ian Cheney
World Premiere:
Tribeca 2020 (unscreened)
Select Festivals:
Athena, InScience, Science on Screen
About:
An exploration of systemic discrimination and bias against women and especially women of color in STEM fields.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to MUBI today, Friday, June 11:
CITY HALL
Director:
Frederick Wiseman
World Premiere:
Venice 2020
Select Festivals:
Toronto, New York, IDFA, RIDM, Hong Kong, Busan, Jihlava, Camden, Hamburg, Denver, Glasgow, Philadelphia
About:
A kaleidoscopic look at the inner workings of the city of Boston explores larger ideas about a country’s steps toward inclusivity and social reform.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Festival:
The 45th Frameline
Dates:
June 10-27
About:
The oldest LGBTQ film festival in the world presents just under 50 new features and episodics in a hybrid format, including approximately 20 works of nonfiction.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Overviews, Recommendations
New to DVD this week:
HOT HOUSE
Director:
Shimon Dotan
World Premiere:
Jerusalem 2006
Select Festivals:
Sundance, Human Rights Watch, Watch Docs
About:
A look at how Israeli prisons have encouraged the development of the next generation of Palestinian leaders as well as future terrorist threats.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to virtual cinema today, Wednesday, June 9:
Upheaval: The Journey of Menachem Begin
Director:
Jonathan Gruber
World Premiere:
Heartland 2020
Select Festivals:
Jewish fests in Las Vegas, Miami, Atlanta, Denver, and Pittsburgh
About:
A portrait of the Nobel Prize-winning former Israeli Prime Minister.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, June 8:
ALI & CAVETT: THE TALE OF THE TAPES
Director:
Robert S Bader
World Premiere:
SXSW 2018
Select Festivals:
Traverse City, Milwaukee, Black Harvest
About:
Tracing the development of Muhammad Ali through his appearances on THE DICK CAVETT SHOW.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Festival:
The 20th Tribeca Festival
Dates:
June 9-20
About:
Approximately 100 features and episodic content – about half of that nonfiction – screens in a hybrid format in this anniversary year for the curiously renamed NYC event, which has dropped “film” from its title.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Overviews, Recommendations
Coming to DVD tomorrow, Tuesday, June 8:
THE LAND OF AZABA
Director:
Greta Schiller
World Premiere:
Valladolid 2020
About:
A portrait of ecological restoration, set in Western Spain’s Campanarios de Azaba Nature Reserve.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to DVD tomorrow, Tuesday, June 8:
AMERICAN OZ
Director:
Randall MacLowry, Tracy Heather Strain
World Premiere:
American Experience (April 2021)
About:
A portrait of L Frank Baum, best known for his popular series of children’s books that began with THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
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