Coming to theatres and to virtual cinemas tomorrow, Friday, June 18:
TRUMAN & TENNESSEE: AN INTIMATE CONVERSATION
Director:
Lisa Immordino Vreeland
World Premiere:
Telluride 2020 (unscreened)
Select Festivals:
Hamptons, Full Frame, NewFest, Seattle, Glasgow
About:
The work, lives, and personal journeys of two iconic American artists coalesce with creative combustion in this innovative dual-portrait.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to Discovery+ tomorrow, Thursday, June 17:
MY NAME IS BULGER
Director:
Brendan J Byrne
World Premiere:
Discovery+ (June 2021)
About:
The story of Massachusetts’ legendary family, focused on politician Bill Bulger and his notorious gangster brother James “Whitey” Bulger.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to Peacock tomorrow, Thursday, June 17:
CIVIL WAR (OR, WHO DO WE THINK WE ARE)
Director:
Rachel Boynton
World Premiere:
Peacock release (June 2021)
About:
An exploration of how America remembers the Civil War and what the stories we tell reveal about who we are, from President Obama’s final year in office through the present.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to the Metrograph’s virtual cinema tomorrow, Thursday, June 17:
FATA MORGANA
Director:
Werner Herzog
World Premiere:
Cannes 1971
Select Festivals:
New York, One World, Thessaloniki Doc, IDFA, Planete Doc
About:
A semi-experimental portrait of the Sahara and Sahel deserts, focused largely on capturing mirages.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to Netflix today, Tuesday, June 15:
FTA
Director:
Francine Parker
World Premiere:
Theatrical release (July 1972)
About:
A chronicle of the controversial anti-Vietnam War political vaudeville tour of American military bases, fronted by Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to DVD/VOD today, Tuesday, June 15:
LUST FOR GOLD: A RACE AGAINST TIME
Director:
Robert May
World Premiere:
Theatrical (April 2021)
About:
Boyhood dreams of treasure lead to a lifelong search when a retired missile scientist makes a monumental discovery and tempts fate for fortune as he hatches a secret plan to prove his claim.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, May 15:
US KIDS
Director:
Kim A Snyder
World Premiere:
Sundance 2020
Select Festivals:
Sheffield, Doc Edge, Mountainfilm, Full Frame, Miami, Martha’s Vineyard, NewportFilm, Calgary, GlobeDocs, Bergen, Hamptons, Mill Valley
About:
The young survivors of the Parkland school shooting are followed over a transformative year and a half.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to DVD via the Criterion Collection tomorrow, Tuesday, June 15:
TINY: THE LIFE OF ERIN BLACKWELL
Director:
Martin Bell
World Premiere:
Seattle 2016
Select Festivals:
BAMCinemaFest, Reykjavik
About:
A sequel to STREETWISE, focusing on the indelible subject, Tiny.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to DVD via the Criterion Collection tomorrow, Tuesday, June 15:
STREETWISE
Director:
Martin Bell
World Premiere:
Theatrical release (October 1984)
Select Festivals:
Sundance, Berlin
Notable Recognition:
The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
About:
The stories of homeless and runaway teenagers living on Seattle’s margins in 1983.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to HBO and HBO Max tomorrow, Tuesday, May 15:
REVOLUTION RENT
Director:
Andy Señor Jr, Victor Patrick Alvarez
World Premiere:
DOC NYC 2019
Select Festivals:
Miami, Key West
About:
A Cuban American reconnects with his roots as he attempts to stage RENT on Cuba.
The film screened as part of DOC NYC, for which our program notes read:
Theater director Andy is invited to bring the musical RENT to Cuba, his exiled parents’ homeland. Embarking on a personal journey to reclaim his complicated heritage, and to bridge cultural boundaries with Jonathan Larson’s inspiring musical, Andy is faced with the daunting task of opening the show just 12 weeks from first rehearsals. Will he be able to hone the raw young local talent he’s cast, contend with technical challenges and address RENT‘s controversial themes in Cuban society?
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
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