Coming to DVD via The Criterion Collection tomorrow, Tuesday, January 18:
TIME
Director:
Garrett Bradley
World Premiere:
Sundance 2020
Select Festivals:
New York, London, Hamptons, Miami, Zurich, Camden, Mill Valley
Notable Recognition:
The doc was nominated for the Academy Awards.
About:
A longitudinal portrait of a marriage and a family separated by incarceration.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT COSBY
Can you separate the art from the artist? Should you even try? While there are many people about whom we could ask those questions, none poses a tougher challenge than Bill Cosby.
Director:
W Kamau Bell
Producers:
Andrew Fried, Katie A King, Geraldine L Porras, Dane Lillegard, Sarina Roma, Jordan Wynn
Festival Section:
Premieres
More Info:
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To The End
Stopping the climate crisis is a question of political courage, and the clock is ticking. Over three years of turbulence and crisis, four remarkable young women of color fight for a Green New Deal, igniting a historic shift in US climate politics.
Director:
Rachel Lears
Producers:
Sabrina Schmidt Gordon, Rachel Lears, Robin Blotnick
Festival Section:
Premieres
More Info:
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The Princess
Princess Diana’s story is told exclusively through contemporaneous archive creating a bold and immersive narrative of her life and death. Turning the camera back on ourselves, it also illuminates the profound impact she had and how the public’s attitude to the monarchy was, and still is, shaped by these events.
Director:
Ed Perkins
Producers:
Simon Chinn, Jonathan Chinn
Festival Section:
Premieres
More Info:
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MY OLD SCHOOL
The astonishing true story of Scotland’s most notorious imposter. It’s 1993 and 16-year-old Brandon is the new kid in school. Soon he’s top of the class, acing exams, and even taking the lead in the school musical. He’s the model pupil, until he’s unmasked…
Director:
Jono McLeod
Producers:
John Archer, Olivia Lichtenstein
Festival Section:
Premieres
More Info:
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LUCY AND DESI
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz had an immense influence on the creation of TV syndication, and rose to become true entrepreneurs and multi-faceted moguls. Through interviews and archival, a tribute to trailblazing icons in comedy and entertainment.
Director:
Amy Poehler
Producers:
Michael Rosenberg, Justin Wilkes, Nigel Sinclair, Jeanne Elfant Festa, Amy Poehler, Mark Monroe
Festival Section:
Premieres
More Info:
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LA GUERRA CIVIL
The epic rivalry between iconic boxers Oscar De La Hoya and Julio César Chávez in the 1990s sparked a cultural divide between Mexican nationals and Mexican-Americans. A chronicle of a battle that was more than a boxing rivalry which examines a fascinating slice of the Latino experience in the process.
Director:
Eva Longoria Bastón
Producers:
Eva Longoria Bastón, Grant Best, Bernardo Ruiz, Ben Spector, Andrea Cordoba
Festival Section:
Premieres
More Info:
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JEEN-YUHS: A KANYE TRILOGY
Kanye West in three acts. The story beyond the iconic music, and an intimate and empathetic chronicle featuring never-before-seen footage from 21 years in the life of a captivating figure.
Directors:
Clarence “Coodie” Simmons, Chike Ozah
Producers:
Clarence “Coodie” Simmons, Chike Ozah, Leah Natasha Thomas
Festival Section:
Premieres
More Info:
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DOWNFALL: THE CASE AGAINST BOEING
An investigation of the two Boeing 737 MAX crashes that killed 346 people, exploring both the root causes and the human cost. At once a chilling portrait of a crumbling corporate culture and a fierce indictment of Wall Street’s corrupting influence.
Director:
Rory Kennedy
Producers:
Rory Kennedy, Mark Bailey, Sara Bernstein, Justin Wilkes, Keven McAlester, Amanda Rohlke
Festival Section:
Premieres
More Info:
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BRAINWASHED: SEX-CAMERA-POWER
Based on Nina Menkes’ acclaimed talk “Sex & Power: The Visual Language of Cinema,” a mesmerizing journey into how shot design intersects with the twin epidemics of sexual abuse/ assault and employment discrimination against women. Containing over 175 film clips, this will unalterably change the way we view and make movies.
Director/Producer:
Nina Menkes
Festival Section:
Premieres
More Info:
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Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Sundance
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