Coming to PBS’s American Masters tomorrow, Friday, September 1:
RICHARD LINKLATER: DREAM IS DESTINY
Directors:
Louis Black and Karen Bernstein
Premiere:
Sundance 2016
Select Festivals:
SXSW, Kansas City, Jerusalem, Rio de Janeiro, Poland’s American Film Festival
About:
A profile of the Austin-based director of BOYHOOD and the BEFORE trilogy.
I previously wrote about the doc before Sundance here.
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Coming to Discovery Impact tomorrow, Thursday, August 31:
RANCHER, FARMER, FISHERMAN
Directors:
Susan Froemke and John Hoffman
Co-director:
Beth Aala
Premiere:
Sundance 2017
Select Festivals:
Washington DC Environmental, San Francisco Green, Aspen Ideas, Traverse City
About:
A profile of unlikely leaders in conservation efforts.
I previously profiled the doc before Sundance here.
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Coming to theatres this Friday, September 1:
DOLORES
Director:
Peter Bratt
Premiere:
Sundance 2017
Select Festivals:
San Francisco, Seattle, Montclair, Athena, Martha’s Vineyard, DOXA, AFI Docs, Cine Las Americas, Nashville, RiverRun, Dallas
About:
A tribute to Dolores Huerta, an unheralded pioneer of the modern labor rights movement.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
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PHOTO CREDIT: Rose Hartman / The Artists Company
Director:
Otis Mass
Premiere:
SXSW 2016
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Hot Docs, Bentonville, San Diego, Portland
About:
A portrait of the renowned pop culture photographer.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Festival:
The 74th Venice Film Festival
Dates:
August 30-September 9
About:
The world’s oldest film festival showcases just over 30 documentary features among its more than 100 feature offerings. Continue reading
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Coming to PBS’s POV this coming Monday, August 28:
RAISING BERTIE
Director:
Margaret Byrne
Premiere:
Full Frame 2016
Select Festivals:
Sarasota, Bentonville, AFI Docs, Atlanta Docufest, Chicago, Citizen Jane, Cucalorus, Big Sky Doc
About:
An observational coming-of-age portrait of three African-American teenagers in rural North Carolina.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
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Coming to theatres today, Friday, August 25:
SERVED LIKE A GIRL
Director:
Lysa Heslov
Premiere:
SXSW 2017
Select Festivals:
Bentonville
About:
Participants in the Ms Veteran America competition bring awareness to the plight of homeless female vets.
The Ms Veteran America competition grew out of a recognition that female US veterans were often given the short end of the stick upon release from active service, with few services adequately addressing the sadly common issues they faced, including PTSD, military sexual abuse, homelessness, and health concerns – as well as the impact of these forces on family life. Heslov profiles the event’s founder, Jas Boothe and other organizers, as well as several competitors, each contending with a range of difficulties in their transition to civilian life. At times, the film struggles to juggle its surfeit of subjects, and to balance their biographies with showcasing pageant activities, but it ultimately does demonstrate the positive impact of their participation, and the strength they draw from one another.
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Coming to theatres tomorrow, Friday, August 25:
RANCHER, FARMER, FISHERMAN
Director:
Susan Froemke and John Hoffman
Co-director:
Beth Aala
Premiere:
Sundance 2017
Select Festivals:
Washington DC Environmental, San Francisco Green, Aspen Ideas, Traverse City
About:
A profile of unlikely leaders in conservation efforts.
I previously profiled the doc before Sundance here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to Showtime this Friday, August 25:
WHITNEY. “CAN I BE ME”
Directors:
Nick Broomfield and Rudi Dolezal
Premiere:
Tribeca 2017
Select Festivals:
Nantucket, AFI Docs, Sydney, Karlovy Vary, Documentary Edge, Los Angeles, Galway
About:
An intimate reassessment of Whitney Houston’s life and career.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, August 22:
FROM THE ASHES
Director:
Michael Bonfiglio
Premiere:
Tribeca 2017
Select Festivals:
Washington DC Environmental
About:
An exploration of the coal industry’s past, present, and likely future.
Putting the lie to the rhetoric that the Obama administration somehow waged a “war on coal” to cripple the mining industry, this conventional but effective film instead convincingly demonstrates the realities behind the continuing decline of coal use and the shuttering of mines, locating both primarily in the explosion of cheap natural gas, rather than regulatory attempts. Bonfiglio traces the history of America’s usage of coal, the industry’s major role in contributing to serious environmental and health concerns, and the global social and economic changes that have resulted in its being phased out. Miners and their families, facing a lack of development of other industries thanks to the lobbying power of the mining industry, are caught between unrealistic promises of the current administration to revitalize a moribund industry, and losing what little they have, unless they are able to transition, as some are shown here, to a growing renewable energies industry.
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