Category Archives: Sundance

Coming to theatres today, Friday, June 8:
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 tomorrow, Friday, June 8:
THE WORKERS CUP

Director:
Adam Sobel

Premiere:
Sundance 2017

Select Festivals:
CPH:DOX, Hot Docs, Sheffield, It’s All True, Docs Against Gravity, Vilnius, Doc Edge, Human Rights Watch, Sydney, Zurich, Carthage, Cinema Verité, Palm Springs

About:
Migrant workers building Qatar’s World Cup infrastructure compete in their own soccer tournament.

I profiled the doc before Sundance here.

Coming to select theatres tomorrow, Friday, June 8:
WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR?

Director:
Morgan Neville

Premiere:
Sundance 2018

Select Festivals:
Nantucket, Hot Docs, SXSW, True/False, San Francisco, Montclair, Seattle, Cleveland, Minneapolis St Paul, Wisconsin, Boulder, Miami

About:
A moving exploration of the enduring impact of children’s television show host Fred Rogers on generations of viewers through his pioneering program, MISTER ROGERS’ NEIGHBORHOOD.

I profiled the doc before Sundance here.

Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, May 8:
IT’S NOT YET DARK

Director:
Frankie Fenton

Premiere:
Galway 2016

Select Festivals:
Sundance, Edinburgh, Thessaloniki Doc, Docs Against Gravity, Sydney, Biografilm

About:
A chronicle of a filmmaker’s determination to complete his first feature, despite a diagnosis of ALS.

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

Coming to the JCC Manhattan tomorrow, Tuesday, May 1 and to theatres this Friday, May 4:
RBG

Directors:
Betsy West and Julie Cohen

Premiere:
Sundance 2018

Select Festivals:
Miami, Cleveland, San Francisco, Montclair

About:
A portrait of legendary, outspoken US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

I profiled the doc before Sundance here.

Coming to PBS’s Independent Lens this coming Monday, April 23:
LOOK & SEE: A PORTRAIT OF WENDELL BERRY

Director:
Laura Dunn

Co-Director:
Jef Sewell

Premiere:
SXSW 2016 (earlier version titled THE SEER)

Select Festivals:
Sundance, Nantucket, Hot Docs, Montclair, Berlin, Nashville, RiverRun

About:
A profile of the outspoken author and environmentalist through his immediate surroundings.

I profiled the doc before Sundance here.

Coming to theatres today, Friday, April 6:
THIS IS HOME: A REFUGEE STORY

Director:
Alexandra Shiva

Premiere:
Sundance 2018

Select Festivals:
Cleveland, Full Frame, Florida, Salem

About:
A look at the experiences of newly arrived Syrian refugees in Baltimore.

I profiled the doc before Sundance here.

Coming to theatres today, Friday, March 30 and to HBO this coming Monday, April 2:
KING IN THE WILDERNESS

Director:
Peter Kunhardt

Premiere:
Sundance 2018

About:
An exploration of the final years of Martin Luther King Jr, set against a backdrop of America’s social and political turmoil.

I profiled the doc before Sundance here.

New to DVD this week:
LAST MEN IN ALEPPO

Director:
Feras Fayyad

Co-Director:
Steen Johannessen

Premiere:
Sundance 2017

Select Festivals:
CPH:DOX, Full Frame, Sarasota, Movies That Matter, Istanbul, Nashville

Notable Recognition:
The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary.

About:
A chronicle the lives of Aleppo’s White Helmets, the city’s volunteer civil defense team.

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

Coming to PBS’s Independent Lens as well as to DVD and VOD tomorrow, Tuesday, March 27:
DOLORES

Director:
Peter Bratt

Premiere:
Sundance 2017

Select Festivals:
San Francisco, Seattle, Montclair, Athena, Martha’s Vineyard, DOXA, AFI Docs, Cine Las Americas, Nashville, RiverRun, Dallas

About:
A tribute to Dolores Huerta, an unheralded pioneer of the modern labor rights movement.

I profiled the doc before Sundance here.