Coming to DVD this coming Tuesday, November 5: THE GREEN WAVE
Ali Samadi Ahadi’s meditation on Iran’s 2009 Green Revolution debuted at Hamburg in 2010. It went on to screen at IDFA, Sundance, San Francisco, Planete Doc Review, Human Rights Watch, Edinburgh, Jerusalem, and Vancouver, among others, and to enjoy a limited theatrical release.
My pre-Sundance profile of the film may be found here.
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DOC NYC‘s next section, International Perspectives, gives audiences the opportunity to take a virtual trip around the world, from Jamaica to China, Senegal to Israel. Continue reading
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Wrapping up my overdue coverage on September’s Toronto International Film Festival nonfiction programming, this post looks at the docs I was able to see from the fest’s Wavelengths, Mavericks, and Contemporary World Cinema sections. Continue reading
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The next programming section in my overview of the upcoming 4th edition of DOC NYC is American Perspectives, our panorama of stories from around the country. Continue reading
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Coming to theatres tomorrow, Friday, November 1: RUNNING FROM CRAZY
Barbara Kopple’s look at the legacy of mental illness on a celebrated family had its world premiere at Sundance this year. Its festival circuit has included Sundance London, Tribeca, Nantucket, Hamptons, Provincetown, Camden, Full Frame, and Sarasota, among others. After opening at NYC’s Angelika this weekend, OWN expands the film to Los Angeles and San Francisco next week, with Chicago to follow later in the month.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
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Continuing my attempt to get caught up on docs from last month’s Toronto International Film Festival, this post wraps up the TIFF Docs section and also includes a couple of films from the fest’s high-profile Gala Presentations. One additional post will round out the remaining sections. Continue reading
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Metropolis, the second of two feature documentary competitions at next month’s DOC NYC, focuses on New York stories, from crooked cops to teenage immigrants. Continue reading
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Next month’s DOC NYC features three competitions – one for shorts, and two for feature-length films. The following runs down the eight films vying for the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award in the Viewfinders section, a tightly-curated selection from this year’s program demonstrating distinct directorial visions. Continue reading
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In the midst of a busy programming season, I’ve been remiss in posting my thoughts on the documentaries of the Toronto International Film Festival, which I should have done several weeks ago. In this breather before DOC NYC begins, I now have the opportunity to play catch up. This post will look at some of the films in the TIFF Docs section, programmed by my colleague Thom Powers, and includes several titles that will be making their NYC bow at DOC NYC in the coming weeks, while following posts will roundoff this section and cover nonfiction programming from other festival strands. Continue reading
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Continuing my section-by-section profile of DOC NYC 2013, coming November 14-21, here’s a closer look at the Special Events Artistic Director Thom Powers has curated. Continue reading
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