Coming to The World Channel’s America Reframed tomorrow, Thursday, March 3:
FOR THE LOVE OF RUTLAND
Director:
Jennifer Maytorena Taylor
World Premiere:
Hot Docs 2020
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Atlanta, St Louis, Cucalorus
About:
Once prosperous but now reeling from the opioid epidemic, the town of Rutland, Vermont, becomes the center of an ideological debate on refugee resettlement.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
New to Topic this week:
THE JUMP
Director:
Giedrė Žickytė
World Premiere:
Warsaw 2020
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Nantucket, Jihlava, Tallinn Black Nights, DocPoint Helsinki, DocEdge, Docville, Salem, Palm Springs, Sarasota
About:
When a Lithuanian sailor seeking asylum jumps off his Soviet ship onto a US Coast Guard vessel in 1970, he sets off an international Cold War incident.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to VOD today, Tuesday, February 1:
FLEE
Director:
Jonas Poher Rasmussen
World Premiere:
Sundance 2021
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Telluride, Toronto, New York, Karlovy Vary, Visions du Reel, ZagrebDox, Camden, Docs Against Gravity, Jerusalem, Melbourne, Göteborg, Hong Kong, Helsinki, Nordisk Panorama, Zurich, Busan, Reykjavik, El Gouna
Notable Recognition:
The doc has been nominated for three Academy Awards.
About:
The affecting story of a former refugee who must confront the traumas of his past to move forward with his life.
I previously wrote about the doc before Sundance here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
New to VOD this week:
PLEASE HOLD THE LINE
Director:
Pavel Cuzuioc
World Premiere:
Sheffield 2020
Select Festivals:
IDFA, Thessaloniki Doc, Guangzhou, Transilvania, One World, BelDocs, Diagonale
About:
A beautifully filmed allegory about communication and connection, told from the perspective of telecom engineers and their customers.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to Starz tomorrow, Tuesday, March 1:
LADY BUDS
Director:
Chris J Russo
World Premiere:
Hot Docs 2021
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Outfest, Mill Valley, Seattle Queer, Denver, Docs Mx
About:
From a Latinx LGBTQ activist to a Black Catholic school principal, six small businesswomen hit California’s newly legal cannabis trade, but struggle as aggressive regulations upend the market.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to DVD tomorrow, Tuesday, March 1:
THE REAL CHARLIE CHAPLIN
Director:
James Spinney, Peter Middleton
World Premiere:
Telluride 2021
Select Festivals:
BFI London, Camden, Zurich, Hamptons, AFI Fest
About:
The definitive story of cinema’s most iconic figure, from an impoverished childhood in London through a spectacular rise to fame, and onto the Hollywood limelight and a self-imposed exile.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to theatres and VOD today, Friday, February 25:
LET ME BE ME
Director:
Dan Crane, Katie Taber
World Premiere:
DOC NYC 2021
About:
Kyle Westphal grows up as an isolated autistic boy whose life is transformed by his fascination with fabric, leading him to become a fashion designer.
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New to OVID.tv this week:
MONOBLOC
Director:
Hauke Wendler
World Premiere:
DOK.fest Munich 2021
Select Festivals:
Milano Design, Braunschweig, Kasseler Dokfest
About:
A film about a plastic chair that can be found throughout the world.
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New to DVD this week:
PRESIDENT
Director:
Camilla Nielsson
World Premiere:
Sundance 2021
Select Festivals:
CPH:DOX, AFI Docs, Docaviv, Thessaloniki Doc, Dokufest, Encounters, DMZ Docs, Melbourne, Docville, Zurich, Montclair, Philadelphia
Notable Recognition:
The doc was shortlisted for the Academy Awards.
About:
The leader of Zimbabwe’s opposition party seeks a free and fair election.
I previously wrote about the doc before Sundance here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, February 22:
ATTICA
Director:
Stanley Nelson, Traci Curry
World Premiere:
Toronto 2021
Select Festivals:
Hot Springs Doc, Montclair
Notable Recognition:
The doc has been nominated for the Academy Awards.
About:
An examination of the largest prison uprising in US history through dozens of new interviews with inmates, journalists, and other witnesses.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
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