Coming to theatres today, Friday, September 16:
FOUR WINTERS
Director:
Julia Mintz
World Premiere:
New York Jewish Film Festival 2020
Select Festivals:
Jewish fests in Toronto, Washington DC, Palm Beach
About:
The story of Jewish partisans who fought against Nazis in Eastern Europe.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to Disney+ tomorrow, Friday, September 16:
MIJA
Director:
Isabel Castro
World Premiere:
Sundance 2022
Select Festivals:
True/False, CPH:DOX, Hot Docs, Los Angeles Latino, Miami, Cleveland, RiverRun, Maryland, San Francisco
About:
When Doris, a young, ambitious music manager whose undocumented family depends on her ability to launch pop stars, loses her biggest client, she hustles to discover new talent and finds Jacks, another daughter of immigrants for whom “making it” isn’t just a dream: it’s a necessity.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to theatres and VOD tomorrow, Friday, September 16:
RIOTSVILLE, USA
Director:
Sierra Pettengill
World Premiere:
Sundance 2022
Select Festivals:
New Directors/New Films, True/False, CPH:DOX, Seattle, Freep, San Francisco, Traverse City
About:
Footage shot by the media and government of a fictional town built by the US military explores the militarization of the police and the reaction of a nation to the uprisings of the late 1960s, creating a counter-narrative to a critical moment in American history.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to The WORLD Channel tomorrow, Friday, September 16:
SCATTERING CJ
Director:
Andrea Kalin
World Premiere:
Camden 2019
Select Festivals:
Rocky Mountain Women’s, Annapolis, Salem, ReelAbilities, DocUtah,
About:
A look at how a mother’s attempts to deal with the suicide of her son became a viral phenomenon.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to OVID tomorrow, Friday, September 16:
SEARCHING EVA
Director:
Pia Hellenthal
World Premiere:
Berlin 2019
Select Festivals:
CPH:DOX, IDFA, Hot Docs, Jeonju, Docs Against Gravity, Biografilm, AFI Fest,
About:
A portrait of a sex worker, model, and writer who explores sexual autonomy online.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to theatres tomorrow, Friday, September 16:
MOONAGE DAYDREAM
Director:
Brett Morgen
World Premiere:
Cannes 2022
Select Festivals:
Toronto, Karlovy Vary, Deauville, Jerusalem
About:
An artful and life-affirming journey through David Bowie’s creative life, grappling with spirituality, transience, isolation, creativity, and time to reveal the celebrated icon in his own voice.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to OVID tomorrow, Thursday, September 15:
WE INTEND TO CAUSE HAVOC
Director:
Gio Arlotta
World Premiere:
Indielisboa 2019
Select Festivals:
Rotterdam, Warsaw, Doc’n Roll, One World
About:
An exploration of the history of Zambia’s most popular rock band in the 1970s, WITCH, and the fate of its vocalist, Jagari.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to Ovid tomorrow, Thursday, September 15:
SEX AND BROADCASTING: A FILM ABOUT WFMU
Director:
Tim K Smith
World Premiere:
DOC NYC 2014
Select Festivals:
Rotterdam, Salem, Montclair
About:
A portrait of a maverick radio station.
I previously wrote about the film for DOC NYC’s program, saying:
New Jersey’s WFMU has occupied a unique position as an independent, commercial-free, listener-supported radio station since its inception in the late 1950s. At its heart is the dedicated station manager Ken Freedman, committed to an unstructured, free-form broadcasting model which has won WFMU acclaim as the best – and perhaps weirdest – radio station in the tristate area, if not the country. Facing a budget crisis, can Ken rally both his volunteer staff and his listeners to keep the station afloat?
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
New to DVD this week:
BLOOM UP: A SWINGER COUPLE STORY
Director:
Mauro Russo Rouge
World Premiere:
Hot Docs 2021
Select Festivals:
Biografilm, Mallorca
About:
An average middle-aged Italian couple by day, Hermes and Betta live out their unbridled sexual fantasies as swingers by night.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to NYC’s Anthology Film Archives tomorrow, Thursday, September 15:
TERRA FEMME
Director:
Courtney Stephens
World Premiere:
MoMA Doc Fortnight 2021
Select Festivals:
IDFA, Hot Docs, RIDM, DokuFest, Camden, Open City Docs, Sydney Underground, Indielisboa, Docaviv
About:
Archival material and home movies from the 1920s to the 1940s reveal the emancipatory power women found in newly available personal cameras, and the association this self-expression had with gender roles, the rise of a leisured, white middle class, and imperialism.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
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