New to DVD this week:
HARRIET TUBMAN: VISIONS OF FREEDOM
Director:
Stanley Nelson
World Premiere:
PBS broadcast (October 2022)
About:
A portrait of the inspiring woman who repeatedly risked her own life and freedom to liberate others from slavery.
Category Archives: Documentary
On DVD: HARRIET TUBMAN: VISIONS OF FREEDOM
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
In Theatres: WILDCAT
Coming to theatres tomorrow, Wednesday, December 21:
WILDCAT
Director:
Melissa Lesh, Trevor Beck Frost
World Premiere:
Telluride 2022
Select Festivals:
IDFA, Montclair, Heartland, St Louis, Hawai’i, AFI Fest
About:
A British war vet crippled by depression and PTSD attempts to find healing by raising an orphaned baby ocelot to maturity deep in the Peruvian jungle.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Streaming: BALLETS RUSSES
Coming to OVID today, Tuesday, December 20:
BALLETS RUSSES
Director:
Dan Geller, Dayna Goldfine
World Premiere:
Sundance 2005
Select Festivals:
Toronto, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Milwaukee
About:
An intimate portrait of a group of pioneering artists who gave birth to modern ballet.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
On VOD: BRAINWASHED: SEX-CAMERA-POWER
Coming to VOD tomorrow, Tuesday, December 20:
BRAINWASHED: SEX-CAMERA-POWER
Director:
Nina Menkes
World Premiere:
Sundance 2022
Select Festivals:
Berlin, CPH:DOX, IDFA, Karlovy Vary, Thessaloniki Doc, BFI London, Jeonju, Istanbul, Beldocs, Docaviv, Frameline, Encounters, Bergen, Ambulante
About:
Based on Nina Menkes’ acclaimed talk “Sex & Power: The Visual Language of Cinema,” this is a mesmerizing journey into how shot design intersects with the twin epidemics of sexual abuse/assault and employment discrimination against women.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
On DVD: BECOMING FREDERICK DOUGLASS
Coming to DVD tomorrow, Tuesday, December 20:
BECOMING FREDERICK DOUGLASS
Director:
Stanley Nelson
World Premiere:
PBS broadcast (October 2022)
About:
A profile of one of the most influential voices for democracy in American history, exploring how Frederick Douglass, born into slavery, played a role in securing the right to freedom for African Americans.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
In Theatres: THE SUPER 8 YEARS
Coming to theatres today, Friday, December 16:
THE SUPER 8 YEARS
Director:
David Ernaux-Briot, Annie Ernaux
World Premiere:
Cannes 2022
Select Festivals:
New York, IDFA, Busan, Zurich, São Paulo, Rome, Ji.hlava
About:
Super 8 films, shot between 1972 and 1981, reveal not only a family archive but a testimony to the pastimes, lifestyle, and aspirations of a social class in the decade after 1968.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Streaming: IF THESE WALLS COULD SING
Coming to Disney+ today, Friday, December 16:
IF THESE WALLS COULD SING
Director:
Mary McCartney
World Premiere:
Telluride 2022
Select Festivals:
Chicago, Santa Fe
About:
A personal film of memory and discovery guiding viewers through nine decades to tell the stories of some of Abbey Road Studios’ most iconic recordings — and the people who made them happen.
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Streaming: WHAT WE LEFT UNFINISHED
Coming to OVID today, Friday, December 16:
WHAT WE LEFT UNFINISHED
Director:
Mariam Ghani
World Premiere:
Berlin 2019
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Sheffield, San Francisco, Kerala, Nashville, Rhode Island, Heartland, Hot Springs Doc, Philadelphia Asian American, St Louis, WatchDocs, San Diego Asian American, Cinema Verite, Goteborg, DocPoint Talinn, Ann Arbor
About:
A meditation on incomplete films made in Afghanistan during periods of instability between 1978-1992.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
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In Theatres: NELLY & NADINE
Coming to theatres tomorrow, Friday, December 16:
NELLY & NADINE
Director:
Magnus Gertten
World Premiere:
Berlin 2022
Select Festivals:
CPH:DOX, Hot Docs, Thessaloniki Doc, Docs Against Gravity, Outfest, NewFest, Edinburgh, Movies That Matter, Melbourne, Palm Springs
About:
Nelly and Nadine meet in Ravensbrück concentration camp and spend the rest of their lives together – decades later, Nelly’s granddaughter goes in search of clues.
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In Theatres: CHILDREN OF THE MIST
Coming to theatres tomorrow, Friday, December 16:
CHILDREN OF THE MIST
Director:
Diem Ha Le
World Premiere:
IDFA 2021
Select Festivals:
Docaviv, New Directors/New Films, Docpoint, Thessaloniki Doc, Cinéma du Réel, Visions du Réel, Seattle, San Francisco, Taiwan Doc, DOXA, Docs Against Gravity, BelDocs, Sydney, Melbourne, Hong Kong, DMZ Docs, Astra, Bergen, Hanoi
About:
School has given 12-year-old Di a glimpse of the outside world and its progressive values, but in her insular community, in the misty mountains of North Vietnam, the tradition of child bride kidnapping is still alive.
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