Coming to theatres tomorrow, Friday, August 11:
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 23rd Sarajevo Film Festival
Dates:
August 11-18
About:
More than 100 features – among them over 40 docs – screen at the celebrated festival in the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Continue reading
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Coming to theatres tomorrow, Wednesday, August 9:
MACHINES
Director:
Rahul Jain
Premiere:
IDFA 2016
Select Festivals:
Sundance, Thessaloniki Doc, Hot Docs, DocsBarcelona, Docaviv, Beldocs, Documenta Madrid, Docs Against Gravity
About:
On the lives of Indian textile factory workers.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
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Coming to DVD tomorrow, Tuesday, August 8:
NOTES ON BLINDNESS
Directors:
Peter Middleton and James Spinney
Premiere:
Sundance 2016
Select Festivals:
Karlovy Vary, Sheffield, Tribeca, Cleveland, Sydney, Melbourne, New Zealand, Jerusalem, San Francisco
About:
An immersive recreation of a man’s experience of losing his sight.
My pre-Sundance profile of the film may be found here.
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Festival:
The 16th Dokufest
Dates:
August 4-12
About:
The well-respected Prizren, Kosovo festival features a curated collection of approximately 80 international nonfiction feature standouts as well as new regional work, noted below. Continue reading
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Coming to theatres today, Friday, August 4:
IT’S NOT YET DARK
Director:
Frankie Fenton
Premiere:
Galway 2016
Select Festivals:
Sundance, Edinburgh, Thessaloniki Doc, Docs Against Gravity, Sydney, Biografilm
About:
A chronicle of a filmmaker’s determination to complete his first feature, despite a diagnosis of ALS.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
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Coming to theatres tomorrow, Friday, August 4:
STEP
Director:
Amanda Lipitz
Premiere:
Sundance 2017
Select Festivals:
Nantucket, True/False, Seattle, San Francisco, Wisconsin, Montclair
About:
Members of an African-American Baltimore high school stepping team pursue their goals of higher education.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to theatres and to VOD via Netflix tomorrow, Friday, August 4:
ICARUS
Director:
Bryan Fogel
Premiere:
Sundance 2017
Select Festivals:
Sundance London, Sheffield, AFI Docs, Traverse City
About:
An unexpected exposé of a complex doping operation at the heart of Russia’s Olympics program.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Festival:
The 66th Melbourne International Film Festival
Dates:
August 3-20
About:
This long-running Australian event showcases approximately 200 features, among them more than 75 documentaries. Continue reading
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Coming to NYC’s Rooftop Films tomorrow, Thursday, August 3:
DINA
Directors:
Antonio Santini and Dan Sickles
Premiere:
Sundance 2017
Select Festivals:
Nantucket, True/False, Full Frame, SF Jewish, Seattle, Sheffield, Sun Valley, Sarasota
About:
A profile an unforgettable woman as she seeks to realize her desires.
My pre-Sundance look at the doc may be found here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Sundance
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