Coming to VOD tomorrow, Friday, August 3:
RBG
Directors:
Betsy West and Julie Cohen
Premiere:
Sundance 2018
Select Festivals:
Miami, Cleveland, San Francisco, Montclair
About:
A portrait of legendary, outspoken US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
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Festival:
The 67th Melbourne International Film Festival
Dates:
August 2-19
About:
More than 200 new and recent features screen at this long-running Australian event, among them nearly 80 documentaries. Continue reading
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Festival:
The 7th BlackStar Film Festival
Dates:
August 2-5
About:
This Philadelphia-based event showcases films by black people from around the world. In addition to a robust shorts lineup, the festival presents 15 new features, nine documentaries among them. Continue reading
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Festival:
The 71st Locarno Film Festival
Dates:
August 1-11
About:
Nonfiction makes up about a third of this critically acclaimed Swiss event’s approximately 100 new feature offerings. Continue reading
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Coming to PBS’s POV this coming Monday, July 30:
WHOSE STREETS?
Director:
Sabaah Folayan
Co-Director:
Damon Davis
Premiere:
Sundance 2017
Select Festivals:
True/False, San Francisco, Encounters, Sheffield, BAMcinemaFest, Seattle, Montclair, Maryland, Full Frame, RiverRun, Outfest, Provincetown, Atlanta
About:
An on-the-ground immersion into the Ferguson uprising.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
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Festival:
The 35th Jerusalem Film Festival
Dates:
July 26-August 5
About:
This Israeli event includes more than thirty documentaries among its 100+ features lineup. Continue reading
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photo by Ashly Covington
Director:
Amy Adrion
Premiere:
Sundance 2018
Select Festivals:
SXSW, San Francisco, Sarasota, Newport Beach, Inside Out, Greenwich, Lighthouse, Sydney
About:
A survey of the current state of gender bias in Hollywood filmmaking.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Festival:
The 41st Asian American International Film Festival
Dates:
July 25-August 4
About:
More than 20 features, including 10 documentaries, make up this year’s lineup of the world’s oldest Asian/Asian American film event.
GAY HOLLYWOOD DAD
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photo by Lauren Greenfield
Director:
Lauren Greenfield
Premiere:
Sundance 2018
Select Festivals:
Nantucket, Berlin, SXSW, CPH:DOX, Docville, Full Frame, San Francisco, Sarasota, IFF Boston, Transilvania, Ambulante, Jeonju, Dallas, Docs Against Gravity, Greenwich, Provincetown
About:
A film essay and career retrospective examining society’s preoccupation with materialism.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Festival:
The 50th New Zealand International Film Festival
Dates:
July 19-August 12 (Auckland)
About:
Originally home to several events in different regions but combined in 2009, the festival takes place in 13 cities through mid-September. Auckland, the longest-running fest, offers more than 50 new and recent documentary features among its lineup. Continue reading
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