Coming to PBS’s Independent Lens today, Monday, March 22:
CODED BIAS
Director:
Shalini Kantayya
World Premiere:
Sundance 2020
Select Festivals:
Human Rights Watch, Hot Docs, Full Frame, SXSW, San Francisco, Hamptons, Provincetown, New Zealand, Melbourne, DokuFest, BlackStar, Docaviv, Warsaw, Mill Valley, Denver
About:
An exploration of the disturbing gender and racial bias prevalent in artificial intelligence and machine learning.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to the IFC Center as part of its What’d We Miss? series today, Friday, March 19:
DICK JOHNSON IS DEAD
Director:
Kirsten Johnson
World Premiere:
Sundance 2020
Select Festivals:
True/False, CPH:DOX, Doc10
Notable Recognition:
The doc was shortlisted for the Academy Awards.
About:
The filmmaker approaches her father’s mortality with inventiveness and dark humor.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
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Coming to NYC’s Quad Cinema tomorrow, Friday, March 19:
CRIP CAMP
Directors:
Nicole Newnham, Jim LeBrecht
Premiere:
Sundance 2020
Select Festivals:
Documentary Fortnight, True/False, San Francisco, Human Rights Watch London, ReelAbilities, Miami
Notable Recognition:
The doc has been nominated for the Academy Awards.
About:
A chronicle of the origins of America’s disability rights movement.
My pre-Sundance doc profile may be found here.
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Coming to the IFC Center as part of its What’d We Miss? series tomorrow, Friday, March 19:
BLOODY NOSE, EMPTY POCKETS
Directors:
Bill Ross, Turner Ross
World Premiere:
Sundance 2020
Select Festivals:
Berlin, CPH:DOX, True/False, Big Sky Doc, Calgary Underground
About:
A chronicle of the patrons and staff of a dive bar on what is meant to be its final day.
I profiled the film before Sundance here.
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Coming to VOD via MUBI tomorrow, Friday, March 19:
MAX RICHTER’S SLEEP
Director:
Natalie Johns
World Premiere:
IDFA 2019
Select Festivals:
Sundance, CPH:DOX, Docs Against Gravity, Gent, Brisbane
About:
An immersion into the making of an eight-hour piece to be experienced during sleep.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
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Coming to NYC’s Quad Cinema tomorrow, Friday, March 19:
THE MOLE AGENT
Director:
Maite Alberdi
World Premiere:
Sundance 2020
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Nantucket, Hot Docs, Full Frame, True/False, San Sebastian, New Directors/NewFilms, Miami, Karlovy Vary, Cleveland
Notable Recognition:
The doc has been nominated for the Academy Awards.
About:
An 83-year-old man becomes an undercover spy in a Chilean retirement home.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Oscar nominations were announced this morning, including the documentaries listed below. Congratulations to all the nominees – four of which were on the DOC NYC Short List – and good luck on Sunday, April 25!
Documentary Feature:
Documentary Short Subject:
Colette
A Concerto Is a Conversation
Do Not Split
Hunger Ward
A Love Song for Latasha
International Feature Film:
Denmark, ANOTHER ROUND
Hong Kong, BETTER DAYS
Romania, COLLECTIVE (the only documentary)
Tunisia, THE MAN WHO SOLD HIS SKIN
Bosnia and Herzegovina, QUO VADIS, AIDA?
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Coming to the IFC Center as part of its What’d We Miss? series today, Friday, March 12:
TIME
Director:
Garrett Bradley
World Premiere:
Sundance 2020
Select Festivals:
New York, London, Hamptons, Miami, Zurich, Camden, Mill Valley
Notable Recognition:
The doc has been shortlisted 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.
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Coming to the newly re-opened IFC Center as part of its What’d We Miss? series tomorrow, Saturday, March 6:
WELCOME TO CHECHNYA
Director:
David France
World Premiere:
Sundance 2020
Select Festivals:
Berlin, True/False, One World, Miami, CPH:DOX, Hot Docs, Thessaloniki Doc, Sheffield, Human Rights Watch
Notable Recognition:
The doc has been shortlisted for the Academy Awards.
About:
An exposé of Chechnya’s state-sanctioned policy to rid Chechnya of LGBTQ+ individuals.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to the newly re-opened IFC Center as part of its What’d We Miss? series today, Friday, March 5:
COLLECTIVE
Director:
Alexander Nanau
World Premiere:
Venice 2019
Select Festivals:
Sundance, DOC NYC, Toronto, IDFA, Zurich, Goteborg, Thessaloniki Doc, Docaviv, Docs Against Gravity, Docville, Moscow, Hamptons, Montclair
Notable Recognition:
The doc has been shortlisted for the Academy Awards.
About:
An investigation reveals disturbing corruption in Romanian state agencies following a fatal nightclub fire in Bucharest.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
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