Category Archives: Sundance

Coming to VOD today, Tuesday, June 27:
LAST MEN IN ALEPPO

Director:
Feras Fayyad

Co-Director:
Steen Johannessen

Premiere:
Sundance 2017

Select Festivals:
CPH:DOX, Full Frame, Sarasota, Movies That Matter, Istanbul, Nashville

About:
A chronicle the lives of Aleppo’s White Helmets, the city’s volunteer civil defense team.

My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.

Coming to DVD and VOD tomorrow, Tuesday, June 27:
LEGION OF BROTHERS

Director:
Greg Barker

Premiere:
Sundance 2017

Select Festivals:
Minneapolis-St Paul

About:
Green Berets relate their secret missions to overthrow the Taliban after 9/11.

My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.

Coming to theatres and to VOD via Netflix tomorrow, Friday, June 23:
NOBODY SPEAK: TRIALS OF THE FREE PRESS

Director:
Brian Knappenberger

Premiere:
Sundance 2017

Select Festivals:
Hot Docs, AFI Docs, SXSW, Sheffield, Human Rights Watch, San Francisco, Miami

About:
An investigation into the erosion of the freedom of the press in the face of financial inequity.

I profiled the doc before Sundance here.

Coming to DVD tomorrow, Tuesday, June 13:
THE AMERICAN EPIC SESSIONS

Director:
Bernard MacMahon

Premiere:
BFI London 2015

Select Festivals:
IDFA, Hawaii, Göteborg, IDFA

About:
A celebration of early music recording.

I profiled the program before Sundance here.

Coming to VOD via Amazon Prime this Friday, June 2:
LONG STRANGE TRIP

Director:
Amir Bar-Lev

Premiere:
Sundance 2017

Select Festivals:
True/False, SXSW, San Francisco, Hot Docs, Full Frame,

About:
An epic history of the legendary Grateful Dead.

I profiled the doc before Sundance here.

Coming to theatres and to VOD via Netflix tomorrow, Friday, May 26:
JOSHUA: TEENAGER VS SUPERPOWER

Director:
Joe Piscatella

Premiere:
Sundance 2017

Select Festivals:
Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, Human Rights Watch London, Hot Docs,

About:
The story of an unlikely champion for Hong Kong’s sovereignty from China.

My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.

Coming to theatres across the US for tonight only, Thursday, May 25, and through June 2 in NYC/LA:
LONG STRANGE TRIP

Director:
Amir Bar-Lev

Premiere:
Sundance 2017

Select Festivals:
True/False, SXSW, San Francisco, Hot Docs, Full Frame,

About:
An epic history of the legendary Grateful Dead.

I profiled the doc before Sundance here.

Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, May 23:
UNLOCKING THE CAGE

Directors:
Chris Hegedus and DA Pennebaker

Premiere:
Sundance 2016

Select Festivals:
Hot Docs, Full Frame, Sarasota, Minneapolis/St Paul, Montclair, Visions du Réel, DocAviv, New Zealand, Melbourne, deadCENTER

About:
Animal rights activists champion legal rights for chimpanzees.

I profiled the doc before Sundance here.