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Basil Tsiokos is a Senior Programmer for the Sundance Film Festival, focusing on nonfiction features. He was most recently with DOC NYC for nearly a decade, where he served as Director of Programming since 2014, and with the Nantucket Film Festival as its Film Program Director. Prior to those positions, Basil was the longtime Artistic and Executive Director of NewFest. He has been affiliated with Sundance since 2005 as a Programming Associate. Basil serves on the feature nominating committees for the International Documentary Association Awards and Cinema Eye Honors. He has written about documentaries daily since 2010 on what (not) to doc. Basil holds a Masters degree from New York University and two undergraduate degrees from Stanford University.

On TV: KID CANDIDATE

Coming to The WORLD Channel’s America ReFramed tomorrow, Thursday, November 3:
KID CANDIDATE

Director:
Jasmine Stodel

World Premiere:
SXSW 2021

Select Festivals:
San Francisco DocFest

About:
The story of Hayden Pedigo, a 24-year old experimental musician and his unlikely run for Amarillo city council after his Harmony Korine inspired spoof campaign video goes viral.

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Streaming: KILLER SALLY

Courtesy of Netflix

Coming to Netflix tomorrow, Wednesday, November 2:
KILLER SALLY

Director:
Nanette Burstein

World Premiere:
Netflix (November 2022)

About:
Interviews with friends, family, and Sally McNeil herself chart a bodybuilding couple’s rocky marriage — and its shocking end in a Valentine’s Day murder.

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Streaming: MORONI FOR PRESIDENT

Coming to OVID today, Tuesday, November 1:
MORONI FOR PRESIDENT

Directors:
Saila Huusko, Jasper Rischen

World Premiere:
Big Sky Doc 2018

Select Festivals:
Los Angeles, Frameline, Seattle Queer, DocuWest

About:
A gay ex-Mormon campaigns to lead the Navajo Nation.

I previously wrote about the doc here.

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On DVD: LOVING HIGHSMITH

Photo courtesy Zeitgeist Films/Highsmith Family Archives

Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, November 1:
LOVING HIGHSMITH

Director:
Eva Vitija

World Premiere:
Solothurner 2022

Select Festivals:
Locarno, Docaviv, Biografilm, Outfest, Provincetown, Sydney

About:
Her thrilling best-sellers were adapted into hit films, but in her previously unpublished private journals, Patricia Highsmith is revealed as a woman who had to keep her love for women out of sight and away from her family.

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Streaming: GOD FORBID: THE SEX SCANDAL THAT BROUGHT DOWN A DYNASTY

Courtesy of Hulu

Coming to Hulu tomorrow, Tuesday, November 1:
GOD FORBID: THE SEX SCANDAL THAT BROUGHT DOWN A DYNASTY

Director:
Billy Corben

World Premiere:
Hulu (November 2022)

About:
A Miami pool boy finds himself trapped in a seven-year affair with a charming older woman and her husband, the Evangelical Trump stalwart Jerry Falwell Jr, as he becomes increasingly entangled with the Falwell’s seemingly perfect lives.

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On DVD: AFTER THE MURDER OF ALBERT LIMA

Coming to DVD tomorrow, Tuesday, November 1:
AFTER THE MURDER OF ALBERT LIMA

Director:
Aengus James

World Premiere:
Woodstock 2019

Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Phoenix

About:
A man hires bounty hunters to bring his father’s killer to justice.

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ON VOD: THE INVADERS

Coming to VOD tomorrow, Tuesday, November 1:
THE INVADERS

Director:
Prichard Smith

World Premiere:
DOC NYC 2015

About:
Filling in a lost chapter of civil rights history, a look at the generation of radicals that emerged in Memphis in 1967.

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In Theatres: IS THAT BLACK ENOUGH FOR YOU?!?

Coming to theatres today, Friday, October 28:
IS THAT BLACK ENOUGH FOR YOU?!?

Director:
Elvis Mitchell

World Premiere:
New York Film Festival 2022

Select Festivals:
Montclair, AFI Fest, Indie Memphis

About:
A definitive narrative of the Black revolution in 1970s cinema, from genre films to social realism.

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Streaming: LOUIS ARMSTRONG’S BLACK & BLUES

Coming to Apple TV+ today, Friday, October 28:
LOUIS ARMSTRONG’S BLACK & BLUES

Director:
Sacha Jenkins

World Premiere:
Toronto 2022

Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Aspen, Heartland, Rome, São Paulo

About:
Drawing on Louis Armstrong’s audio diaries, a revisitation of the music and reappraisal of the politics of the legendary jazz trumpeter and singer.

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In Theatres: AFGHAN DREAMERS

Coming to theatres tomorrow, Friday, October 28:
AFGHAN DREAMERS

Director:
David Greenwald

World Premiere:
Galway 2022

Select Festivals:
Montclair, Heartland, Woodstock, GlobeDocs

About:
Members of an Afghan all-girl high school robotics team struggle to succeed in international competitions while combating their male-dominated culture and the threat of Taliban rule.

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