Coming to NYC’s IFC Center this Friday, July 6: CHINA HEAVYWEIGHT
Yung Chang premiered his sports doc/economic commentary at Sundance. It’s gone on to screen at Hot Docs, Sheffield, and Silverdocs, among others. The doc expands to other cities later this month and into August.
I wrote about the film before Sundance here.
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Coming to NYC’s Rooftop Films this Thursday, July 5: THE IMPOSTER
Bart Layton’s gripping investigation into a case of assumed identity made its world premiere at Sundance earlier this year. It’s gone on to screen at other notable festivals including Seattle, Edinburgh, BAMcinemafest, and Miami, where it won the grand jury prize.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
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Premiering on HBO next Monday, July 2: MARINA ABRAMOVIC THE ARTIST IS PRESENT
Matthew Akers premiered his film on the Serbian performance artist’s MoMA retrospective at Sundance this year. The doc went on to pick up an audience award at the Berlinale, and was released theatrically earlier this month.
I profiled the film before Sundance here.
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Coming to NYC’s Rooftop Films this Saturday, June 30: CHINA HEAVYWEIGHT
Yung Chang’s exploration of China’s economic and societal changes through the microcosm of boxing had its world premiere earlier this year at Sundance. Since then, it’s screened at several other fests, including Hot Docs, Planete Doc, Sheffield, and It’s All True.
My pre-Sundance profile may be found here.
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Coming to POV this Thursday, June 28: GRANITO: HOW TO NAIL A DICTATOR
Pamela Yates’ story of how her previous film on Guatemala helped overthrow a dictator made its world premiere at Sundance last year. It later opened the Human Rights Watch Film Festival and enjoyed a limited theatrical release. For its POV engagement, which includes streaming online following the broadcast, Yates had PBS remove the geoblock that typically limits the stream to US and Canada so that it can be accessed around the world. Recognizing the importance of reaching core audiences in Spanish, the film will be streamed in both English and Spanish, and will also include streaming of the prequel film, WHEN THE MOUNTAINS TREMBLE.
I wrote about the film before Sundance here.
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Premiering on HBO this Monday, June 25: ME @THE ZOO_
Chris Moukarbel and Valerie Veatch’s portrait of YouTube celebrity Chris Crocker premiered at Sundance this year. It went on to screen at True/False and Provincetown before its cable broadcast premiere next week.
I wrote about the film before Sundance here.
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Coming to theatres this Friday, June 22: THE INVISIBLE WAR
Kirby Dick’s potent investigation into military rape and its cover up had its world premiere earlier this year at Sundance, where it walked away with an audience award. Since then the film’s festival circuit has included RiverRun, San Francisco, Human Rights Watch, Los Angeles, and others. Its initial theatrical dates include New York, Los Angeles, Washington DC, San Francisco, and Boston.
My pre-Sundance profile of the film may be found here.
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Coming to DVD tomorrow, Tuesday, June 19: THE NINE MUSES
John Akomfrah’s experimental melding of THE ODYSSEY and British immigration history premiered at Venice in 2010. It went on to screen at London and Dubai before coming stateside at Sundance in 2011. Additional festival appearances include Sheffield, Karlovy Vary, Jerusalem, Poland’s New Horizons, and Vancouver.
My pre-Sundance profile of the film may be found here.
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Coming to theatres this Friday, June 15: SOMETHING FROM NOTHING: THE ART OF RAP
Ice-T (with co-director Andy Baybutt)’s exploration of hip hop creativity made its world premiere earlier this year at Sundance. Indomina picked up the doc out of the festival for a release this Summer.
I profiled the film before Sundance here.
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Coming to VOD next Tuesday, June 12: INDIE GAME: THE MOVIE
Lisanne Pajot and James Swirksy had the world premiere of their doc on independent video game creators at Sundance, claiming a jury award. Their festival circuit has included SXSW and Hot Docs, among others. Following on the heels of a theatrical release the past couple of months, they are making the film available worldwide via iTunes, Steam, and their website.
I wrote about the doc before Sundance here.
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