photo by Edward Burtynsky
Directors:
Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier, and Edward Burtynsky
World Premiere:
Toronto 2018
Select Festivals:
Sundance, Berlin, Cleveland, Washington DC Enviro, Calgary, Vancouver, Hong Kong, Doc10, Docs Against Gravity, Sydney, Sheffield, Revelation Perth, Melbourne Doc, DokuFest
About:
A striking visual chronicle of human impact on the planet.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
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LOVE FRAUD | Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Alex Takats
Festival Section:
Special Events
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Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, January 21:
THE FREEDOM TO MARRY
Director:
Eddie Rosenstein
Premiere:
Frameline 2016
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Hawaii, Savannah, Big Sky Doc, Sebastopol Doc, Jewish fests in SF, Boston, Denver, and Philadelphia, LGBT fests in Houston, Austin, Durham, Atlanta, Melbourne, Seoul
About:
A behind-the-scenes look at the fight to legalize same-sex unions in America.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
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LEAP OF FAITH: WILLIAM FRIEDKIN ON THE EXORCIST | Courtesy of Sundance Institute
Festival Section:
Special Events
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LANCE | Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Nick Higgins
Festival Section:
Special Events
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HILLARY | Courtesy of Sundance Institute
Festival Section:
Special Events
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Coming to DVD today, Monday, January 20:
TRE MAISON DASAN
Director:
Denali Tiller
Premiere:
San Francisco 2018
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Cleveland, IFF Boston, Montclair, AFI Docs, Rhode Island, Heartland, Raindance, Cucalorus, Big Sky Doc, Thessaloniki Doc, NewportFilm
About:
A profile of three young boys whose parents are in prison.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
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COLLECTIVE | Courtesy of Sundance Institute
Festival Section:
Spotlight
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Coming to PBS’s AfroPoP today, Monday, January 20:
MY FRIEND FELA
Director:
Joel Zito Araújo
World Premiere:
Rotterdam 2019
Select Festivals:
London, Encounters, Cork, Jihlava, Johannesburg, Mill Valley, It’s All True
About:
Nigerian music icon Fela Kuti’s pan-African significance is explored by his biographer and friend.
Seeking to look beyond the typical, exclusively music-focused look at Fela Kuti that has emerged in the years since his death, Cuban director Joel Zito Araújo, working with Carlos Moore, explores Kuti’s wide-ranging influences, locating them within a larger pan-African consciousness and revolutionary spirit that touches on such figures as Malcolm X, Maya Angelous, Sandra Izsadore, and Patrice Lumumba. With Moore as a guide, and Kuti as a soundtrack, the film chronicles the musician’s career, clashes with the government, struggles with paranoia, and eventual death from AIDS-related illness in 1997. It’s an ambitious take, but, unfortunately, also a somewhat cluttered one, with Kuti getting lost at various times, and controversial aspects of his life too often glossed over. The result is an intriguing portrait, but not a particularly satisfying or successful one.
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MAŁNI – TOWARDS THE OCEAN, TOWARDS THE SHORE | Courtesy of Sundance Institute
MAŁNI – TOWARDS THE OCEAN, TOWARDS THE SHORE
Sky Hopinka presents a poetic reflection on indigenous language, myths, and the spirit world.
Festival Section:
New Frontier
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