Coming to OVID tomorrow, Friday, May 27:
STEALING RODIN
Director:
Cristóbal Valenzuela
World Premiere:
SANFIC 2017
Select Festivals:
BAFICI, Thessaloniki Doc, It’s All True, Guadalajara
About:
An investigation into the 2005 disappearance of a sculpture in Chile.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to Hulu tomorrow, Thursday, May 26:
LOOK AT ME: XXXTENTACION
Director:
Sabaah Folayan
World Premiere:
SXSW 2022
Select Festivals:
CPH:DOX, Atlanta
About:
An exploration of how Jahseh Onfroy tapped raw talent, a gift for connecting with disaffected youth, and a mastery of social media to fashion himself into SoundCloud rapper XXXTentacion – one of the most streamed artists on the planet.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
New to VOD this week:
BEAUTIFUL THINGS
Director:
Giorgio Ferrero, Federico Biasin
World Premiere:
Venice 2017
Select Festivals:
CPH:DOX, Taipei, SF DocFest, Edinburgh, Sydney, Hot Docs, New Horizons, RIDM, True/False, Dokufest, DMZ Docs, In-Edit, Melbourne, Dok Leipzig, Docville
About:
Four men from around the world present a meditation about the means of production of material goods and consumerism in our society.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to The WORLD Channel’s America ReFramed series tomorrow, Thursday, May 26:
CHINATOWN RISING
Director:
Harry Chuck, Josh Chuck
World Premiere:
CAAMFest 2019
Select Festivals:
Disorient, Guam, Asian/Asian American fests in Philadelphia, Boston and San Diego
About:
This deeply personal chronicle weaves together never-before-seen archival footage and photographs of a San Francisco neighborhood in transition.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Festival:
The 24th Docaviv: Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival
Dates:
May 26-June 5
About:
This notable Israeli nonfiction event returns to its regular May berth with approximately 100 new and recent documentary features.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Overviews, Recommendations
Coming to VOD today, Tuesday, May 24:
SINCE I BEEN DOWN
Director:
Gilda Sheppard
World Premiere:
Cleveland 2020
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Big Sky, Freep, Sebastopol Doc, Portland, Thin Line, Montreal Black
About:
Despite serving life without parole, a man works to improve others’ lives.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to DVD/VOD today, Tuesday, May 24:
¡VIVA MAESTRO!
Director:
Ted Braun
World Premiere:
US theatrical release (April 2022)
About:
A portrait of world-renowned conductor Gustavo Dudamel as he responds to the unexpected and daunting obstacles of social unrest in his homeland of Venezuela with powerful music-making and an innovative and triumphant concert that celebrates the power of art to renew and unite.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to MUBI today, Monday, May 23:
MARINER OF THE MOUNTAINS
Director:
Karim Aïnouz
World Premiere:
Cannes 2021
Select Festivals:
IDFA, CPH:DOX, Sao Paulo, Karlovy Vary, Busan, Hamburg, Vienna
About:
In January 2019, the filmmaker decides to take a boat, cross the Mediterranean, and embark on his first journey to Algeria, his father’s homeland.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to PBS’s American Experience tomorrow, Tuesday, May 24:
PLAGUE AT THE GOLDEN GATE
Director:
Li-Shin Yu
World Premiere:
American Experience broadcast (May 2022)
About:
In San Francisco’s Chinatown in 1900, a deadly outbreak of bubonic plague, and the hunt to identify its source, leads to an all-too-familiar spate of violent anti-Asian sentiment.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to NYC’s Pure Nonfiction tomorrow, Tuesday, May 24:
BITTERBRUSH
Director:
Emelie Mahdavian
World Premiere:
Telluride 2021
Select Festivals:
Visions du Réel, San Francisco, Sydney
About:
Two women set up camp at a tiny cabin and begin their season of work, to feed their dreams: to own their own livestock, to have true independence, and to start a family.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations
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