Festival:
The 74th Cannes Film Festival
Dates:
July 6-17
About:
After postponing and then cancelling its 2020 edition, the most influential cinema event in the world returns with a robust slate of nearly 100 new features, counting two dozen docs among that number – although none in either Competition or Un Certain Regard. Its parallel sidebars, meanwhile, offer just three nonfiction works among their combined 37 slots.
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Expanding to theatres nationwide and coming to Hulu today, Friday, July 2:
SUMMER OF SOUL (…OR, WHEN THE REVOLUTION COULD NOT BE TELEVISED)
Director:
Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson
World Premiere:
Sundance 2021
Select Festivals:
Nantucket, Hot Docs, True/False, AFI Docs, Provincetown, DocLands, Minneapolis/St Paul, San Francisco Doc
About:
A joyous and thoughtful revisitation of a long overlooked part of Black music history.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
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Coming to Topic today, Thursday, July 1:
PHILLY DA
Director:
Ted Passon, Yoni Brook, Nicole Salazar
World Premiere:
Sundance 2021
Select Festivals:
Berlin, RiverRun, Philadelphia Jewish
About:
An outspoken district attorney attempts to reform a broken criminal justice system in this docuseries.
I profiled the series before Sundance here.
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Festival:
The 23rd Docaviv: Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival
Dates:
July 1-10
About:
This well-respected Israeli event presents 90 new documentary features in-person and online.
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Coming to theatres today, Friday, June 25 and to Discovery+ this Sunday, June 27:
REBEL HEARTS
Director:
Pedro Kos
World Premiere:
Sundance 2021
Select Festivals:
Miami, Hot Docs, AFI Docs, Milwaukee, Cleveland
About:
The story of an unlikely group of radically progressive nuns.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
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Coming to theatres in NYC and LA tomorrow, Friday, June 25:
SUMMER OF SOUL (…OR, WHEN THE REVOLUTION COULD NOT BE TELEVISED)
Director:
Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson
World Premiere:
Sundance 2021
Select Festivals:
Nantucket, Hot Docs, True/False, AFI Docs, Provincetown, DocLands, Minneapolis/St Paul, San Francisco Doc
About:
A joyous and thoughtful revisitation of a long overlooked part of Black music history.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Festival:
The 23rd Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival
Dates:
June 24-July 4
About:
This notable Greek nonfiction event returns to theatres following a local online presentation in March.
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Festival:
The 19th AFI Docs
Dates:
June 22-27
About:
This Washington DC event showcases approximately 30 new feature and episodic documentaries, presented in a hybrid format.
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Coming to theatres today, Friday, June 18:
THE SPARKS BROTHERS
Director:
Edgar Wright
World Premiere:
Sundance 2021
Select Festivals:
SXSW, Hot Docs, IFF Boston, San Francisco Doc
About:
A tribute to the influential but overlooked band Sparks.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
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Coming to theatres tomorrow, Friday, June 18:
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
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