Coming to PBS’s American Masters tomorrow, Tuesday, November 22:
BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE: CARRY IT ON
Director:
Madison Thomas
World Premiere:
Toronto 2022
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC
About:
Fierce and fearless, folk singer Buffy Sainte-Marie—educator, Oscar winner, activist, and philanthropist—has always been a woman ahead of her time.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to PBS’s POV tonight, Monday, November 21:
MIDWIVES
Director:
Snow Hnin Ei Hlaing
World Premiere:
Sundance 2022
Select Festivals:
CPH:DOX, IDFA, Cleveland, San Francisco, Human Rights Watch, DMZ Docs, Docaviv, Zurich, Brisbane, Bergen, Cork
About:
Two midwives—one Buddhist, the other Muslim—work side-by-side in a makeshift clinic in Myanmar.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to CNN this Sunday, November 20:
GABBY GIFFORDS WON’T BACK DOWN
Director:
Julie Cohen, Betsy West
World Premiere:
SXSW 2022
Select Festivals:
Minneapolis-St Paul
About:
A gunman ended her skyrocketing political career, but didn’t stop Congresswoman Gabby Giffords.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to theatres and VOD today, Friday, November 18:
BAD AXE
Director:
David Siev
World Premiere:
SXSW 2022
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Freep, Los Angeles Asian Pacific, CAAMFest, Minneapolis/St Paul, Mountainfilm, Martha’s Vineyard, Bentonville, Provincetown, Sidewalk, Traverse City, Heartland, Hot Springs Doc, Montclair, Denver, Toronto Reel Asian, Hawai’i
About:
A real-time portrait of 2020 unfolds as an Asian-American family in Trump’s rural America fights to keep their restaurant and American dream alive in the face of a pandemic, Neo-Nazis, and generational scars from the Cambodian Killing Fields.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to theatres and VOD today, Friday, November 18:
LOVE, CHARLIE
Director:
Rebecca Halpern
World Premiere:
Chicago 2021
Select Festivals:
Florida, Seattle, San Diego, St Louis
About:
The rise and fall of chef Charlie Trotter, who revolutionized American cuisine and paved the way for today’s celebrity chefs.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to theatres today, Friday, November 18:
SR.
Director:
Chris Smith
World Premiere:
Telluride 2022
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, New York, Camden, Montclair, Philadelphia, AFI Fest
About:
A tender and fittingly irreverent portrait of the life and career of Robert Downey Sr, the fearless, visionary American director who set the standard for counterculture comedy in the sixties and seventies.
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Coming to Disney+ tomorrow, Friday, November 18:
MICKEY: THE STORY OF A MOUSE
Director:
Jeff Malmberg
World Premiere:
SXSW 2022
About:
An exploration of Mickey Mouse’s significance, getting to the core of what Mickey’s cultural impact says about each of us and about our world.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to OVID today, Thursday, November 17:
THE BOOKSELLERS
Director:
DW Young
World Premiere:
New York Film Festival 2019
Select Festivals:
St Louis, Miami Jewish, RiverRun, Sebastopol Doc, Victoria
About:
An affectionate portrait of NYC’s community of rare book dealers and collectors.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to OVID today, Thursday, November 17:
RONNIE’S
Director:
Oliver Murray
World Premiere:
UK theatrical release (October 2020)
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, RiverRun
About:
The story of the legendary London night club and the musician for whom it was named.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
New to OVID this week:
THE WORLD BEFORE YOUR FEET
Director:
Jeremy Workman
World Premiere:
SXSW 2018
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Denver, IFF Boston, Nashville, RiverRun, Newport Beach, deadCENTER, Heartland, Bergen, Woodstock, Hot Springs Doc
About:
A man explores NYC by walking every single one of its streets.
I previously wrote about the film here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
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