Coming to theatres this Friday, October 21: BEING ELMO: A PUPPETEER’S JOURNEY
Constance Marks brought her portrait of the man behind Elmo to Sundance for its world premiere, picking up a Special Jury Prize in the process. Additional awards have followed at other fests since then.
My pre-Sundance profile may be found here.
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Coming to HBO tonight, Monday, October 17: SING YOUR SONG
Susanne Rostock’s biography on performer/activist Harry Belafonte premiered at the beginning of the year at Sundance. Since then, it has screened at numerous additional festivals, and makes its cable premiere with HBO.
My pre-Sundance profile of the film may be found
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Coming to DVD tomorrow, Tuesday, October 18: BEATS, RHYMES & LIFE: THE TRAVELS OF A TRIBE CALLED QUEST
Michael Rapaport brought his documentary directorial debut to Sundance for its world premiere. It was released theatrically this summer by Sony Pictures Classics.
I profiled the film before Sundance
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Coming to DVD next Tuesday, October 18: PAGE ONE: INSIDE THE NEW YORK TIMES
Director Andrew Rossi premiered his in-depth study of the Gray Lady at Sundance. The film went on to screen at numerous other festivals and had a limited theatrical release this summer.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
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Coming to NYC’s Angelika this Friday, October 14: CONNECTED
Tiffany Schlain’s directorial debut about technology and interdependence premiered at Sundance. The film already screened theatrically in California and Seattle, expanding for a one-week NYC run this Friday.
I profiled the film before Sundance here.
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Coming to theatres this Friday, October 7: HELL AND BACK AGAIN
War correspondent Danfung Dennis made his documentary feature debut at Sundance earlier this year with his portrait of a soldier back from war. After picking up two jury awards there, the film has screened extensively and had an Oscar-qualifying run this summer as part of Docuweeks.
My pre-Sundance profile of the film may be found here.
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Coming to DVD next Tuesday, October 4: BUCK
Cindy Meehl’s portrait of the real Horse Whisperer, Buck Brannaman, has inspired audiences and critics since its world premiere at Sundance earlier this year. It has claimed Audience Awards at Sundance and Full Frame, and had a successful theatrical run that began in the Summer.
I profiled the film before Sundance here.
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Coming to DVD next Tuesday, October 4: THE RED CHAPEL
Mads Brügger’s provocative and subversive comedic doc on North Korea finally comes to DVD after a successful festival and theatrical run. It premiered at Hot Docs in 2009 and came stateside to Sundance, where it won the World Cinema Documentary Award.
I previously offered my thoughts on the film here.
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Coming to POV next Tuesday, September 27: LAST TRAIN HOME
Lixin Fan’s jaw-droppingly beautiful and affecting film about the mass migration of Chinese peasant workers premiered at IDFA in 2009, where it won Best Documentary, and went on to Sundance and a host of other festivals the following year. Following a limited theatrical run and DVD release, it now comes to PBS’ celebrated POV series.
I wrote about the film before its theatrical run here.
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Coming to Northern California theatres tomorrow, Friday, September 16: CONNECTED
Tiffany Schlain premiered her documentary feature debut at Sundance this year. Since January, she’s taken her film – a declaration of interdependence – to other notable fests, including Cleveland, Nashville, Ashland, and Jerusalem.
My pre-Sundance profile of the film may be located here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Releases, Sundance
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