Category Archives: Sundance

Coming to theatres tomorrow, Friday, August 16:
COLD CASE HAMMARSKJÖLD

Director:
Mads Brügger

World Premiere:
Sundance 2019

Select Festivals:
Nantucket, True/False, Hot Docs, Thessaloniki Doc, Göteborg, One World, Movies That Matter, AFI Docs, Docville, It’s All True, Moscow, Docs Against Gravity, DocsBarcelona, Seattle, Transilvania, Greenwich, Encounters, Biografilm, Docaviv, Munich, Melbourne

About:
A provocative investigation of the 1961 death of the United Nations Secretary-General.

My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.

Coming to VOD today, Tuesday, August 13:
HALSTON

Director:
Frédéric Tcheng

Premiere:
Sundance 2019

Select Festivals:
CPH:DOX, Tribeca, Seattle, Montclair, Sarasota

About:
An exploration of the life and legacy of America’s first celebrity designer.

My pre-Sundance doc profile may be found here.

Coming to theatres today, Friday, August 9:
LOVE, ANTOSHA

Director:
Garret Price

World Premiere:
Sundance 2019

Select Festivals:
Biografilm, Newport Beach, Kansas City, IFF Boston, SF Jewish

About:
A heartfelt portrait of the late Anton Yelchin.

My pre-Sundance profile of the doc my be found here.

Coming to theatres tomorrow, Friday, August 9:
ONE CHILD NATION

Directors:
Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang

World Premiere:
Sundance 2019

Select Festivals:
Nantucket, True/False, Tribeca, Hot Docs, CPH:DOX, Sheffield, Full Frame, AFI Docs, DOXA, San Francisco, Seattle, Doc10, Docville, Florida, Sarasota, Sydney, New Zealand, Montclair, Biografilm, Human Rights Watch

About:
An expose of the unseen consequences of China’s one-child policy.

I profiled the film before Sundance here.

Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, August 6:
HALSTON

Director:
Frédéric Tcheng

Premiere:
Sundance 2019

Select Festivals:
CPH:DOX, Tribeca, Seattle, Montclair, Sarasota

About:
An exploration of the life and legacy of America’s first celebrity designer.

My pre-Sundance doc profile may be found here.

Coming to PBS’s POV tonight, Monday, July 29:
INVENTING TOMORROW

Director:
Laura Nix

Premiere:
Sundance 2018

Select Festivals:
Nantucket, Hot Docs, CPH:DOX, Seattle, Sydney, Melbourne, San Francisco, Full Frame, AFI Docs, Woods Hole, Greenwich, Montclair, Dokufest

About:
A profile of several international students pursuing answers to environmental issues in their science fair projects.

I profiled the doc before Sundance here.

Coming to theatres today, Friday, July 26:
HONEYLAND

Directors:
Ljubomir Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska

World Premiere:
Sundance 2019

Select Festivals:
Nantucket, BAMcinemaFest, Hot Docs, Sheffield, Docs Against Gravity, DocsBarcelona, DOK.fest Munich, Hong Kong, New Directors/New Films, Visions du Réel, San Francisco, Seattle, Doc Edge, Sydney, Krakow, Provincetown, Montclair, Midnight Sun

About:
A look at the world of a traditional beekeeper in Macedonia.

My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.

Coming to theatres tomorrow, Friday, July 26:
MIKE WALLACE IS HERE

Director:
Avi Belkin

World Premiere:
Sundance 2019

Select Festivals:
Nantucket, Sheffield, True/False, Docaviv, AFI Docs, Cleveland, Full Frame, Montclair, Sarasota, Doc10, Annapolis

About:
An exploration of the evolution of television journalism through the life and work of the legendary 60 MINUTES correspondent.

I profiled the doc before Sundance here.

Coming to theatres and to Netflix tomorrow, Wednesday, July 24:
THE GREAT HACK

Directors:
Karim Amer and Jehane Noujaim

World Premiere:
Sundance 2019

Select Festivals:
Sheffield, Traverse City, NewportFILM, Martha’s Vineyard

About:
A disturbing investigation into data and privacy in the modern digital age.

My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.

Coming to DVD and VOD today, Tuesday, July 23:
HAIL SATAN?

Director:
Penny Lane

Premiere:
Sundance 2019

Select Festivals:
Rotterdam, CPH:DOX, Full Frame, San Francisco, What The Fest!?, Salem, Boston Underground, Freep, Sidewalk

About:
A provocative exploration of the separation of church and state through the unlikely rise of the Satanic Temple religious movement.

I profiled the doc before Sundance here.