Coming to theatres and VOD today, Friday, October 29:
KEYBOARD FANTASIES: THE BEVERLY GLENN-COPELAND STORY
Director:
Posy Dixon
World Premiere:
Doc’n Roll 2019
Select Festivals:
New Orleans, Frameline, Indielisboa, Melbourne Doc, Thessaloniki Doc, BFI Flare, Calgary Underground
About:
After three decades of releasing album after album in relative obscurity, a Black transgender trailblazing musician finally finds success at the age of 74.
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Coming to theatres tomorrow, Friday, October 29:
BULLETPROOF
Director:
Todd Chandler
World Premiere:
SXSW 2020 (unscreened)
Select Festivals:
Hot Docs, IDFA, Dokufest, Camden, Philadelphia, DOK Leipzig, Jihlava, Doclisboa, Maryland, Tempo Doc, Melbourne, DMZ Docs
About:
A provocative exploration of fear and American violence that interrogates what it means to be safe in school in the United States.
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Coming to theatres tomorrow, Friday, October 29:
ATTICA
Director:
Stanley Nelson, Traci Curry
World Premiere:
Toronto 2021
Select Festivals:
Hot Springs Doc, Montclair
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
New to VOD this week:
THE CAPOTE TAPES
Director:
Ebs Burnough
World Premiere:
Toronto 2019
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Hamptons, Rio, Provincetown, Docs Against Gravity, RiverRun
About:
Using audio recordings, animation, and new on-camera interviews with people who knew him, the film explores the impact of Truman Capote’s explosive final, unfinished novel.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Now on AppleTV:
RED HEAVEN
Director:
Lauren DeFilippo, Katherine Gorringe
World Premiere:
SXSW 2020 (unscreened)
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Hot Docs, Big Sky Doc, Fargo, Thin Line
About:
In this prescient exploration of self-imposed quarantine, six volunteers embark on a one-year mission in a Mars simulation to further research for space exploration.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Festival:
The 25th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival
Dates:
October 26-31
About:
Upwards of 80 new and recent documentary features are presented at this well-regarded Czech event.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Overviews, Recommendations
Coming to PBS’s POV today, Monday, October 18:
THINGS WE DARE NOT DO
Director:
Bruno Santamaría
World Premiere:
Hot Docs 2020
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, IDFA, DocPoint, DMZ Docs, Lima, FICUNAM, BelDocs, Docs Againat Gravity, DOK.Fest München
About:
An ephemeral profile of a Mexican teenager on the cusp of adulthood, conflicted between the desire to express their true sexuality and the expectations of family.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Festival:
The 64th DOK Leipzig
Dates:
October 25-November 14
About:
More than 40 new and recent documentary features screen in the hybrid edition of this longstanding German event.
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Coming to theatres today, Friday, October 22:
LEARNING TO LIVE TOGETHER: THE RETURN OF MAD DOGS & ENGLISHMEN
Director:
Jesse Lauter
World Premiere:
Woodstock 2021
Select Festivals:
Raindance
About:
The Grammy winning music act Tedeschi Trucks Band reforms the Joe Cocker backing band Mad Dogs & Englishmen, with original leader Leon Russell, to perform a one-night tribute concert.
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Coming to theatres and to VOD today, Friday, October 22:
AT THE READY
Director:
Maisie Crow
World Premiere:
Sundance 2021
Select Festivals:
Cleveland, Atlanta, Maryland, Dallas, Milwaukee
About:
Latinx teens in El Paso contemplate careers in border patrol and law enforcement against the backdrop of increasing xenophobia.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
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