Coming to Paramount+ today, Monday, November 15:
SABAYA
Director:
Hogir Hirori
World Premiere:
Sundance 2021
Select Festivals:
Nantucket, CPH:DOX, True/False, Docaviv, Hong Kong, Moscow, Melbourne
About:
An immersion into dangerous efforts to rescue Yazidi women and girls from their horrific fate as ISIS sex slaves.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to theatres today, Friday, November 12:
CUSP
Director:
Parker Hill, Isabel Bethencourt
World Premiere:
Sundance 2021
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Camden, AFI Docs, Stockholm
About:
An intimate chronicle of the lives of three teenage girls in a Texas military town.
I previously wrote about the doc before Sundance here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Festival:
The 24th RIDM
Dates:
November 10-25
About:
More than 60 new and recent documentary features screen in-person and online in Montreal’s sole nonfiction-focused festival, organized this year in eight distinct thematic strands.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Overviews, Recommendations
Festival:
The 12th DOC NYC
Dates:
November 10-28
About:
America’s largest nonfiction event – and my former programming home – returns both in-person and online – with more than 125 new and recent feature documentaries, plus shorts and its wide-ranging industry program, DOC NYC PRO.
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Festival:
The 25th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival
Dates:
October 26-31
About:
Upwards of 80 new and recent documentary features are presented at this well-regarded Czech event.
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Festival:
The 64th DOK Leipzig
Dates:
October 25-November 14
About:
More than 40 new and recent documentary features screen in the hybrid edition of this longstanding German event.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Overviews, Recommendations
Coming to theatres and to VOD today, Friday, October 22:
AT THE READY
Director:
Maisie Crow
World Premiere:
Sundance 2021
Select Festivals:
Cleveland, Atlanta, Maryland, Dallas, Milwaukee
About:
Latinx teens in El Paso contemplate careers in border patrol and law enforcement against the backdrop of increasing xenophobia.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Festival:
The 29th Hamptons International Film Festival
Dates:
October 7-13
About:
Nearly half of the 40+ features screening at this Long Island event are nonfiction, including several premieres such as the selections below.
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Coming to PBS’s American Masters tomorrow, Tuesday, October 5:
RITA MORENO: JUST A GIRL WHO DECIDED TO GO FOR IT
Director:
Mariem Pérez Riera
World Premiere:
Sundance 2021
Select Festivals:
Miami, San Francisco, Seattle, Cleveland, Atlanta, Sarasota, Tribeca, Provincetown
About:
A profile of the pioneering, EGOT-winning star of stage and screen.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to Amazon Prime Video today, Friday, October 1:
MY NAME IS PAULI MURRAY
Director:
Betsy West, Julie Cohen
World Premiere:
Sundance 2021
Select Festivals:
Full Frame, Sheffield, Doc10, Provincetown, AFI Docs, Outfest
About:
A profile a long unheralded legal pioneer.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
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