Coming to NYC’s Rooftop Films tomorrow, Saturday, July 30:
I DIDN’T SEE YOU THERE
Director:
Reid Davenport
World Premiere:
Sundance 2022
Select Festivals:
True/False, San Francisco, Hot Docs, Sydney
About:
Spurred by the spectacle of a circus tent that goes up outside his Oakland apartment, a disabled filmmaker launches into an unflinching meditation on freakdom, (in)visibility, and the pursuit of individual agency.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Sundance
Coming to theatres today, Friday, July 29:
BLUE ISLAND
Director:
Chan Tze Woon
World Premiere:
Rotterdam 2022
Select Festivals:
New Directors/New Films, Hot Docs, Taiwan Doc
About:
A docufiction exploring Hong Kong’s protest movement and ensuing crackdown in the context of its history of rebellion.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to theatres and VOD tomorrow, Friday, July 29:
MY TREE
Director:
Jason Sherman
World Premiere:
Hot Docs 2021
About:
Forty years after receiving a tree for his bar mitzvah, planted in Israel in his name, the filmmaker searches it out, discovering many uncomfortable truths stemming from his gift.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
New to DVD this week:
THE TORCH
Director:
Jim Farrell
World Premiere:
Chicago 2019
About:
Guitar icon Buddy Guy reflects on his legacy and passes along the blues lessons he himself received from legends Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf to a phenom of the next generation.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to Netflix today, Wednesday, July 27:
THE MOST HATED MAN ON THE INTERNET
Director:
Rob Miller
World Premiere:
Netflix (July 2022)
About:
Determined to remove her daughter’s photos from a revenge porn website, a persistent mother launches an online crusade to shut down its cruel founder.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to theatres this Friday, July 29:
ONE MAN DIES A MILLION TIMES
Director:
Jessica Oreck
World Premiere:
SXSW 2019
Select Festivals:
Goteborg, Ashland, Sarasota, Montclair, Maryland, Woods Hole, Vancouver, Milwaukee, Kolkata, Cairo
About:
Part documentary, part legend, the true story of a Russian seed bank and the botanists who worked there throughout the Siege of Leningrad (1941–1944), transposed to a sci-fi-inflected future.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
New to VOD this week:
BEBA
Director:
Rebeca Huntt
World Premiere:
Toronto 2021
Select Festivals:
Berlin, CPH:DOX, Docaviv, Miami, Tribeca, Provincetown, Minneapolis-St Paul
About:
A raw, poetic self-portrait in which a young, NYC-born Afro-Latina filmmaker stares down historical, societal, and generational trauma.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to HBO and HBO Max tomorrow, Wednesday, July 27:
WE MET IN VIRTUAL REALITY
Director:
Joe Hunting
World Premiere:
Sundance 2022
Select Festivals:
True/False, CPH:DOX, Maryland
About:
Filmed entirely inside the world of VR, this vérité documentary captures the excitement and surprising intimacy of a burgeoning cultural movement, demonstrating the power of online connection in an isolated world.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to VOD today, Tuesday, July 26:
JAZZ FEST: A NEW ORLEANS STORY
Director:
Frank Marshall, Ryan Suffern
World Premiere:
SXSW 2021
About:
A soulful and heartfelt celebration of 50 years of the funky and fabulous New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and the unique culture of the southern city.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to DVD tomorrow, Tuesday, July 26:
MARX CAN WAIT
Director:
Marco Bellocchio
World Premiere:
Cannes 2021
Select Festivals:
New York, Busan, BFI London, Taipei Golden Horse, Vienna, IDFA, BAFICI
About:
In his most achingly personal film to date, the legendary Italian filmmaker uses the occasion of a family reunion to excavate and discuss a traumatic event: the suicide of his twin brother Camillo.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
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