Category Archives: Sundance

photo courtesy of Everett Collection[/caption]Coming to HBO tonight, Monday, September 24 and to theatres this Friday, September 28:
JANE FONDA IN FIVE ACTS

Director:
Susan Lacy

Premiere:
Sundance 2018

Select Festivals:
Nantucket, Cannes, Traverse City, Biografilm, Ghent

About:
A candid portrait exploring the many facets of Jane Fonda.

I profiled the doc before Sundance here.

New to VOD this week:
THE KING

Director:
Eugene Jarecki

Premiere:
Cannes 2017

Select Festivals:
Sundance, Nantucket, Nashville, Seattle, Martha’s Vineyard, London, Sarasota, Chicago DOC 10, Deauville, Zurich, Haifa

About:
A musical road trip across the US in Elvis Presley’s 1963 Rolls Royce explores the rise and fall of the American empire.

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

Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, September 18:
DID YOU WONDER WHO FIRED THE GUN?

Director:
Travis Wilkerson

Premiere:
Sundance 2017

Select Festivals:
True/False, Locarno, Camden, New York, Denver, Rotterdam

About:
The filmmaker interrogates an obscured incident from his family’s past involving the murder of an African American man.

I profiled the film before Sundance here.

Coming to theatres today, Friday, September 14:
SCIENCE FAIR

Directors:
Cristina Costantini and Darren Foster

Premiere:
Sundance 2018

Select Festivals:
SXSW, Edinburgh, Cleveland, New Zealand, Vancouver, Sun Valley, Portland, Provincetown

About:
A profile of participants in the world’s premier science fair.

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

Coming to theatres tomorrow, Friday, September 14:
HALE COUNTY THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING

Director:
RaMell Ross

Premiere:
Sundance 2018

Select Festivals:
CPH:DOX, True/False, New Directors/New Films, Full Frame, Sheffield, Ambulante, Champs-Élysées, Maryland, DOK.fest Munich, Martha’s Vineyard African American, San Francisco, Montclair

About:
An impressionistic portrait of two young African American men in the American South.

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

Coming to HBO tomorrow, Thursday, September 13:
THE OSLO DIARIES

Directors:
Mor Loushy and Daniel Sivan

Premiere:
Sundance 2018

Select Festivals:
Hot Docs, Seattle, Jerusalem, Global Peace, Biografilm, Documentary Edge, Jewish festivals in San Francisco, Boston, Toronto, and London

About:
An unprecedented behind the scenes look at the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

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

Coming to DVD tomorrow, Tuesday, September 11:
WESTWOOD: PUNK, ICON, ACTIVIST

Director:
Lorna Tucker

Premiere:
Sundance 2018

Select Festivals:
True/False, CPH:DOX, BAFICI, Docs Against Gravity, Provincetown, Cleveland

About:
A candid profile of the uncompromising British designer.

I profiled the doc before Sundance here.

Coming to theatres today, Friday, September 7:
KUSAMA: INFINITY

Director:
Heather Lenz

Premiere:
Sundance 2018

Select Festivals:
Cleveland, DOXA, Newport Beach, Maryland, Melbourne, New Zealand, San Diego Asian,

About:
A thoughtful look at the life and art of the celebrated queen of polka dots, Yayoi Kusama.

I profiled the doc before Sundance here.

Coming to theatres tomorrow, Friday, September 7:
HAL

Director:
Amy Scott

Premiere:
Sundance 2018

Select Festivals:
Telluride, AFI Docs, Full Frame, San Francisco, Seattle, Traverse City, Edinburgh, Jerusalem, Lunenberg, Revelation, deadCenter, Nashville, Cleveland, Montclair

About:
A celebration of maverick director Hal Ashby.

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