Now on VOD: DEAR MANDELA
Dara Kell and Christopher Nizza’s chronicle of South African housing activists debuted at Durban in 2011. It went on to screen at Camden, One World, Brooklyn, and Zanzibar, as well as university and community screenings around the world. It now comes to iTunes, Amazon, Playstation, Vudu, Xbox, Google Play, and SundanceNow via Sundance Artist Services, having been supported by the Sundance Institute.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
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The final doc profile for this year’s Sundance looks at the nonfiction offering in From the Collection: Steve James’ classic HOOP DREAMS.
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The final New Frontier film* featured in my 2014 Sundance Doc Profiles: THROUGH A LENS DARKLY: BLACK PHOTOGRAPHERS AND THE EMERGENCE OF A PEOPLE, Thomas Allen Harris’ long-in-the-works excavation of black photographic self-representation.
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Shifting over to the festival’s innovative New Frontier section for this last day of 2014 Sundance doc profiles: Sam Green’s latest live documentary, THE MEASURE OF ALL THINGS, a meditation on mankind’s sense of self.
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Coming to VOD next Tuesday, January 21: THE TRIALS OF MUHAMMAD ALI
Bill Siegel’s look at “The Greatest’s” conscientious objection to serving in Vietnam premiered at Tribeca last year. The doc also screened at Seattle, Traverse City, San Francisco Jewish, Melbourne, and Montclair, among other festivals before a limited theatrical release last Summer. FilmBuff now releases the doc on iTunes, Movies on Demand, Amazon, Google, Sony PlayStation, Xbox, Cinemanow, and Vudu.
I previously wrote about the film out of Tribeca here.
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Shifting over to the festival’s innovative New Frontier section for this last day of 2014 Sundance doc profiles: Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat’s LIVING STARS, in which everyday Argentines dance.
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Coming to PBS’s Independent Lens next Monday, January 20: BLOOD BROTHER
Steve Hoover’s portrait of a young American who devotes himself to caring for Indian orphans with HIV had its world premiere at Sundance last year, where it claimed both jury and audience awards for best US documentary film. Its fest circuit also included Nantucket, Thessaloniki Doc, Heartland, Milwaukee, Big Sky, Little Rock, and New Zealand, among others.
I previously profiled the doc before Sundance here.
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Coming to WORLD Channel’s America ReFramed series tonight, Tuesday, January 14: MY BROOKLYN
Kelly Anderson and Allison Lirish Dean’s look at gentrification debuted at the 2012 Brooklyn Film Festival, winning the audience award. It has screened at numerous Brooklyn-focused community and grassroots events, as well as the Red Hook and Lund, Sweden’s International Architecture fests, before enjoying a limited theatrical release. It will screen on WORLD with Ben Crosbie and Tessa Moran’s FATE OF A SALESMAN.
I previously wrote about the doc upon its theatrical release here.
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Today’s Sundance profiles wrap with the sole documentary in the Park City at Midnight section: UNDER THE ELECTRIC SKY (EDC 2013), about the legendary electronic music festival.
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Sundance’s Premieres section includes one nonfiction title: NICK OFFERMAN: AMERICAN HAM, a stand-up comedy performance film, directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts.
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