Category Archives: Documentary

New to DVD this week:
KAEPERNICK & AMERICA

Director:
Tommy Walker, Ross Hockrow

World Premiere:
Seattle 2022

Select Festivals:
Tribeca, Traverse City, Montreal Black

About:
An exploration of the political hysteria around the enigmatic quarterback’s fateful decision to protest, putting him at the center of an ever-exploding culture war.

Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, November 22:
THE BOOK KEEPERS

Director:
Phil Wall

World Premiere:
Austin 2020

Select Festivals:
Napa Valley, Savannah, Chagrin Doc, DocUtah

About:
A father and son crisscross the country to fulfill a dying wish, ensure a legacy, and find solace after tragic personal loss.

Coming to theatres tomorrow, Wednesday, November 23:
ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED

Director:
Laura Poitras

World Premiere:
Venice 2022

Select Festivals:
New York, Toronto, DOC NYC, Zurich, Athens, London, Hamptons, Bergen, Vienna, Chicago, Montclair, NewFest, Philadelphia, Leeds, Denver, Virginia, Hawaii, Stockholm, Belfast, Cork, Tallinn Black Nights

About:
A profile about photographer Nan Goldin and her battle against the Sackler family pharmaceutical dynasty.

Coming to Amazon Prime Video tomorrow, Wednesday, November 23:
GOOD NIGHT OPPY

Director:
Ryan White

World Premiere:
Telluride 2022

Select Festivals:
Toronto, Aspen, Vancouver, Rio, Hamptons, Heartland, Bergen, San Diego, St Louis, Philadelphia

About:
A team from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory create, launch, and guide Opportunity, a dazzlingly innovative and surprisingly personable Mars robotic explorer on an unprecedented 15-year adventure.

Coming to DVD tomorrow, Tuesday, November 22:
THE STORY OF FILM: A NEW GENERATION

Director:
Mark Cousins

World Premiere:
Cannes 2021

Select Festivals:
BFI London, Chicago, Lumiere, Palm Springs, Taipei Golden Horse, Stockholm, Hong Kong, Biografilm

About:
An examination of the most powerful movie images of the last decade, including the pandemic, to create an epic and hopeful tale of cinematic innovation from around the globe.

Coming to PBS’s American Masters tomorrow, Tuesday, November 22:
BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE: CARRY IT ON

Director:
Madison Thomas

World Premiere:
Toronto 2022

Select Festivals:
DOC NYC

About:
Fierce and fearless, folk singer Buffy Sainte-Marie—educator, Oscar winner, activist, and philanthropist—has always been a woman ahead of her time.

Coming to CNN this Sunday, November 20:
GABBY GIFFORDS WON’T BACK DOWN

Director:
Julie Cohen, Betsy West

World Premiere:
SXSW 2022

Select Festivals:
Minneapolis-St Paul

About:
A gunman ended her skyrocketing political career, but didn’t stop Congresswoman Gabby Giffords.

Coming to theatres and VOD today, Friday, November 18:
BAD AXE

Director:
David Siev

World Premiere:
SXSW 2022

Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Freep, Los Angeles Asian Pacific, CAAMFest, Minneapolis/St Paul, Mountainfilm, Martha’s Vineyard, Bentonville, Provincetown, Sidewalk, Traverse City, Heartland, Hot Springs Doc, Montclair, Denver, Toronto Reel Asian, Hawai’i

About:
A real-time portrait of 2020 unfolds as an Asian-American family in Trump’s rural America fights to keep their restaurant and American dream alive in the face of a pandemic, Neo-Nazis, and generational scars from the Cambodian Killing Fields.

Coming to theatres and VOD today, Friday, November 18:
LOVE, CHARLIE

Director:
Rebecca Halpern

World Premiere:
Chicago 2021

Select Festivals:
Florida, Seattle, San Diego, St Louis

About:
The rise and fall of chef Charlie Trotter, who revolutionized American cuisine and paved the way for today’s celebrity chefs.