Category Archives: Sundance

Coming to HBO Max today, Wednesday, May 27:
ON THE RECORD

Director:
Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering

World Premiere:
Sundance 2020

About:
A groundbreaking investigation of sexual assault in the music industry.

My pre-Sundance doc profile may be found here.

Coming to DVD tomorrow, Tuesday, May 26:
THE TRADE (SEASON ONE AND TWO)

Director:
Matthew Heineman

World Premiere:
Sundance 2018 (Season One) and Sundance 2020 (Season Two)

About:
A gripping docuseries examining complex illegal activities – America’s opioid epidemic (Season One) and human trafficking (Season Two).

I profiled the docuseries before Sundance here and here.

Coming to ESPN in two parts, this Sunday, May 24 and next Sunday, May 31:
LANCE

Director:
Marina Zenovich

World Premiere:
Sundance 2020

About:
The rise and fall of Lance Armstrong.

I profiled the doc before Sundance here.

Coming to virtual theatrical and VOD this Friday, May 22:
THE PAINTER AND THE THIEF

Director:
Benjamin Ree

World Premiere:
Sundance 2020

Select Festivals:
Rotterdam, Full Frame, One World, San Francisco

About:
A dual portrait of an artist and the thief who stole her art but becomes her friend.

I profiled the doc before Sundance here.

Coming to virtual theatrical, VOD and more tomorrow, Friday, May 8:
SPACESHIP EARTH

Director:
Matt Wolf

World Premiere:
Sundance 2020

About:
The strange but true – and uncannily topical – story of the ill-fated Biosphere 2 project.

I profiled the doc before Sundance here.

Coming to HBO tonight, Tuesday, May 5:
NATALIE WOOD: WHAT REMAINS BEHIND

Director:
Laurent Bouzereau

World Premiere:
Sundance 2020

About:
A revisitation of the life and career of the three-time Oscar-nominated actress.

I profiled the doc before Sundance here.

Coming to virtual theatrical this Friday, May 1, partially benefitting the Museum of the Moving Image, among other theatres:
THE INFILTRATORS

Directors:
Alex Rivera and Cristina Ibarra

World Premiere:
Sundance 2019

Select Festivals:
SXSW, Hot Docs, Miami, NY Latino, Montclair, Calgary, Hawaii

About:
A hybrid docufiction project detailing the mission of undocumented youth to be detained by Border Patrol.

I profiled the film before Sundance here.

Coming to virtual theatrical today, Friday, April 24:
PAHOKEE

Directors:
Ivete Lucas and Patrick Bresnan

World Premiere:
Sundance 2019

Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, SXSW, San Francisco, DokuFest, Sarasota, Denver, Maryland, Hamptons, Visions du Reel, Miami, Encounters, Sidewalk, Montclair, Los Angeles Latino, Bentonville, IFF Boston, Ashland

About:
Four teenagers are followed through their senior year of high school in the Florida Everglades.

I profiled the doc before Sundance here.