Coming to VOD today, Tuesday, October 19:
MOTHERS OF THE REVOLUTION
Director:
Briar March
World Premiere:
BFI London 2021
About:
The story behind the Greenham Common Peace Camp, a group of women who came together in 1981 to protest over nuclear weapons, inspiring millions.
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Coming to Netflix today, Tuesday, October 19:
FOUND
Director:
Amanda Lipitz
World Premiere:
Hamptons 2021
Select Festivals:
Mill Valley, Savannah
About:
Three American teenage girls, each adopted from China, come across a life-changing discovery after a commercial DNA service informs them that they are cousins.
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Coming to HBO and HBO Max tomorrow, Tuesday, October 19:
FOUR HOURS AT THE CAPITOL
Director:
Jamie Roberts
World Premiere:
HBO/HBO Max (October 2021)
About:
An immersive chronicle of the insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.
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Coming to DVD tomorrow, Tuesday, October 19:
ON BROADWAY
Director:
Oren Jacoby
World Premiere:
Hamptons 2019
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, New York Jewish, RiverRun, Atlanta Jewish, Miami Jewish, Sedona, Boulder Jewish
About:
A history of and love letter to Broadway.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
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Coming to PBS’s American Masters tomorrow, Tuesday, October 19:
BECOMING HELEN KELLER
Director:
Michael Pressman
World Premiere:
American Masters PBS broadcast (October 2021)
About:
An exploration of the complex life and legacy of the author, advocate, and human rights pioneer, Helen Keller, who used her celebrity and wit to champion rights for women, people with disabilities, and people living in poverty.
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Coming to PBS’s POV today, Monday, October 18:
LA CASA DE MAMA ICHA
Director:
Óscar Molina
World Premiere:
Cartagena 2020
Select Festivals:
Philadelphia Latino, Slamdance Miami, North Carolina Latino
About:
Decades ago, Mama Icha migrated to the United States to help her daughter with the care of her grandchildren; now, she feels near the end of her life and only thinks about one thing: going back to her native Colombian hometown.
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Coming to theatres today, Friday, October 15:
INTRODUCING, SELMA BLAIR
Director:
Rachel Fleit
World Premiere:
SXSW 2021
Select Festivals:
Hamptons
About:
In a quest to take control of her personal health after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, actor Selma Blair adapts to new ways of living while pursuing an experimental medical procedure.
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Coming to theatres today, Friday, October 15:
GORBACHEV. HEAVEN
Director:
Vitaly Mansky
World Premiere:
IDFA 2020
Select Festivals:
Visions du Réel, Docaviv, Dokufest, Tallinn Black Nights, Sofia, Hong Kong, BelDocs, Docs Against Gravity
About:
Gorbachev, the architect of glasnost and perestroika, but condemned by his own people, lives out the last days of his life in an empty house in the suburbs near Moscow.
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Coming to theatres today, Friday, October 15:
ALL ABOUT MY SISTERS
Director:
Wang Qiong
World Premiere:
Rotterdam 2021
Select Festivals:
New York Film Festival, Hamburg, BFI London, San Diego Asian
About:
An intimate, deeply felt portrait of Jin and her family filmed by her sister.
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Coming to Discovery+ today, Thursday, October 14:
CRUTCH
Director:
Sachi Cunningham, Vayabobo
World Premiere:
DOC NYC 2020
Select Festivals:
Cleveland, ReelAbilities, Bentonville
About:
From angry skatepunk to international provocateur, the emotional story of a one-of-a-kind artist’s struggle to be understood.
The film previously screened at DOC NYC, for which our program notes read:
Dance, art, performance, and disability politics converge in this entertaining and enlightening portrait of Bill Shannon, an internationally renowned artist, break dancer, and skate punk, who wields his crutches as tools of expression and instruments for audience provocation. The film journeys through a decade of intimate access and a lifetime of archival footage that includes Shannon’s stage work for Cirque du Soleil, the Sydney Opera House, the Tate Modern, and the Chicago MOCA.
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