Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, October 22:
DAVID CROSBY: REMEMBER MY NAME
Director:
AJ Eaton
World Premiere:
Sundance 2019
Select Festivals:
Nantucket, SXSW, Santa Barbara, Sun Valley, Seattle, Revelation Perth, Boulder
About:
A candid, warts and all portrait of the rock and roll legend.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
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Festival:
The 31st NewFest
Dates:
October 23-29
About:
Nonfiction makes up about just under half of the features lineup of New York’s LGBTQ film festival, an event I oversaw between 1996-2008. Continue reading
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Coming to DVD tomorrow, Tuesday, October 22:
THE SENTENCE
Director:
Rudy Valdez
Premiere:
Sundance 2018
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Nantucket, Locarno, Traverse City, Montclair, Sarasota, Urbanworld, Thin Line, Provincetown, LA Latino, Aspen Ideas, SF Jewish, Freep, GlobeDocs
About:
A filmmaker reveals the personal impact of mandatory minimum sentencing laws on his own family.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
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Coming to theatres tomorrow, Friday, October 18:
THE ELEPHANT QUEEN
Directors:
Victoria Stone and Mark Deeble
World Premiere:
Toronto 2018
Select Festivals:
Sundance, DOC NYC, Sydney, Montclair
About:
A pachyderm matriarch leads her family through the African savannah.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
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Coming to Netflix today, Wednesday, October 16:
THE GAME CHANGERS
Director:
Louie Psihoyos
World Premiere:
Sundance 2018
Select Festivals:
Berlin, Hot Docs, Thessaloniki Doc, Mountainfilm, Boulder, Washington DC Environmental, EarthxFilm
About:
An exploration of the misconceptions and truths about plant-based diets.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
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Festival:
The 43rd Margaret Mead Film Festival
Dates:
October 17-20
About:
25 documentary features make up the lineup of this long-running program of NYC’s American Museum of Natural History. Continue reading
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Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, October 15:
MARIANNE & LEONARD: WORDS OF LOVE
Director:
Nick Broomfield
World Premiere:
Sundance 2019
Select Festivals:
Nantucket, CPH:DOX, Docville, Thessaloniki Doc, Sun Valley
About:
The intimate love story between celebrated singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen and his muse.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
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Festival:
The 30th New Orleans Film Festival
Dates:
October 16-23
About:
Nearly half of this popular Southern event’s 60+ lineup is devoted to nonfiction. Continue reading
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As DOC NYC’s Director of Programming, I’m excited to share the full lineup for this year’s 10th anniversary edition, expanded to ten days this year and running November 6-15.
DOC NYC 2019 includes 136 features, representing 28 world premieres, 7 international premieres, 7 North American premieres, 13 US premieres, and 59 NYC premieres, in addition to short films and our parallel DOC NYC PRO series of industry programming.
Our website has full information here, and ticketing is live now.
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Festival:
The 27th Hamptons International Film Festival
Dates:
October 10-14
About:
More than 30 new and recent documentary features screen at this well-regarded event, representing half of the lineup. Continue reading
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