Coming to Independent Lens tonight, Monday, February 4: WELCOME TO LEITH
Michael Beach Nichols and Christopher K Walker’s exploration of a white supremacist’s plan to takeover a community debuted at Sundance last year. Screenings followed at Nantucket, New Orleans, SXSW, IDFA, Hot Docs, Dallas, Cucalorus, Montclair, Sydney, AFI Docs, New Zealand, Melbourne, Docville, RIDM, and DMZ Docs, among many other events.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
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Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, March 29: CARTEL LAND
Matthew Heineman’s investigation of Mexican cartel violence had its world premiere at Sundance last year, winning two awards. Screenings followed at Nantucket, DOC NYC, True/False, Full Frame, Dallas, Sarasota, Tribeca, IFF Boston, Docville, Seattle, Sydney, Human Rights Watch, AFI Docs, and Sheffield, among many others. The film went on to be nominated for the Documentary Feature Academy Award.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
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Coming to DVD this coming, Monday, March 28: SAM KLEMKE’S TIME MACHINE
Matthew Bate’s portrait of a man’s four decades of documenting his life premiered at Sundance last year. Other fest berths included Rotterdam, Cleveland, Hot Docs, Open City Docs, Docville, and Doc Aviv.
My pre-Sundance doc profile may be found here.
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Coming to Brooklyn’s Videology tomorrow, Friday, March 18 through Sunday, March 20: BEAVER TRILOGY IV
Brad Besser’s exploration of a cult classic film debuted at Sundance last year. Other screenings have included Hot Docs, St Louis, and Oak Cliff. Videology’s exclusive three-day run has been billed Trent Harris Weekend, and includes special midnight screenings of the original BEAVER TRILOGY and RUBIN & ED.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
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Coming to DVD tomorrow, Tuesday, March 15: CENSORED VOICES
Mor Loushy’s revealing look back at the Six Day War bowed at Sundance last year. Screenings followed at Berlin, Hot Docs, BFI London, DMZ Docs, DOXA, DocAviv, Documenta Madrid, and Docs Against Gravity, among other events.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
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Coming to theatres tomorrow, Friday, March 11: CITY OF GOLD
Laura Gabbert’s profile of a restaurant critic and his love for Los Angeles made its debut at Sundance last year. It went on to screen at DOC NYC, SXSW, Melbourne, Napa Valley, Vancouver, Traverse City, deadCENTER, Provincetown, Newport Beach, AFI Docs, New Zealand, and Montclair, among other fests.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
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Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, March 8: THE MASK YOU LIVE IN
Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s exploration of the impact of gender stereotypes debuted at Sundance last year. Other fest appearances include Cinequest, Minneapolis-St Paul, Napa Valley, Las Vegas, St Johns International Women’s, and Berkshire.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
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Coming to DVD this coming Tuesday, March 8: WE COME AS FRIENDS
Hubert Sauper’s meditation on African neo-colonialism made its bow at Sundance in 2014, winning a special jury award. Screening berths followed at Berlin, New Directors/New Films, BAFICI, Istanbul, San Francisco, Durban, Dokufest, Rio, Busan, London, Jihlava, CPH:DOX, IDFA, and Traverse City, among many others. The film was shortlisted for the Best Documentary Oscar in 2015.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
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Coming to theatres tomorrow, Friday, March 4: TRAPPED
Dawn Porter’s look at the impact of abortion regulation debuted at Sundance, where it won a special jury award. The doc will also screen at the upcoming SXSW and Miami in addition to community screenings around the country. The film is timely, as the Supreme Court hears arguments in Whole Woman’s Health v Hellerstedt.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
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Coming to NYC’s Stranger Than Fiction series tomorrow night, Tuesday, March 1: SOUTHERN COMFORT
Kate Davis’ profile of a transgender man contending with love and mortality had its world premiere at Sundance in 2001, where it won the Documentary Grand Jury Prize. The film’s festival circuit included Berlin, Hot Docs, San Francisco, Seattle, Karlovy Vary, Yamagata Doc, Athens, and several LGBT events. STF re-presents the film – which has been adapted into a musical at the Public Theater – on the occasion of its 15th anniversary.
While transgender lives and characters are increasingly becoming more commonplace in mainstream media, that certainly hasn’t always been the case. Davis’ acclaimed film serves as a reminder that even as relatively recently as 2001, the general public was not used to seeing the stories of transgender subjects. Davis introduced mainstream audiences to Robert, a 52-year-old cowboy in the backwoods of Georgia, as he faces the end of his life due to ovarian cancer – a diagnosis that is followed by rejection after rejection from doctors unwilling to take a trans man as a patient. He draws strength through his intense, new relationship with Lola, a transgender woman, and hopes to accompany her to the Southern Comfort Conference, the country’s largest gathering of trans people. Davis constructs an intimate portrait of indelible individuals, who, already having risked everything to live their truth, face the greatest challenge of them all.
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