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.
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Docaviv 2022 Overview
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On VOD: SINCE I BEEN DOWN
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.
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On DVD/VOD: ¡VIVA MAESTRO!
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.
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Streaming: MARINER OF THE MOUNTAINS
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.
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On TV: PLAGUE AT THE GOLDEN GATE
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.
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Special Screening: BITTERBRUSH
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.
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In Theatres: THE FRENCH
Coming to NYC’s Metrograph today, Friday, May 20:
THE FRENCH
Director:
William Klein
World Premiere:
Perspectives du Cinéma Français 1982
About:
An unprecedented all-access, behind-the-scenes look at the 1981 French Open.
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Streaming: OUR TIMES
Coming to Film Movement Plus today, Friday, May 20:
OUR TIMES
Director:
Rakshan Bani-Etemad
World Premiere:
Locarno 2002
Select Festivals:
Thessaloniki Doc, Tribeca, Gent
About:
Focused on the Iranian elections of 2002, a group of women run for office, including one who attempts a heroic but unsuccessful run for the presidency.
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On DVD: FLOOD IN THE DESERT
New to DVD this week:
FLOOD IN THE DESERT
Director:
Rob Rapley
World Premiere:
American Experience broadcast (May 2022)
About:
The story of the 1928 St Francis Dam disaster, which cost human lives, property damage, and jeopardized plans to transform the West.
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On DVD: OF ANIMALS AND MEN
New to DVD this week:
OF ANIMALS AND MEN
Director:
Lukasz Czajka
World Premiere:
Krakow 2019
Select Festivals:
Docudays UA, Guangzhou Doc, Miami Jewish
About:
The story of the Żabiński family, the long-standing keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, where, during WWII, they were able to shelter hundreds of people, mainly Jews, from the Nazis.
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