Category Archives: Sundance

Coming to theatres and to VOD via Netflix tomorrow, Friday, September 15:
STRONG ISLAND

Director:
Yance Ford

Premiere:
Sundance 2017

Select Festivals:
Berlin, True/False, Thessaloniki Doc, New Directors/NewFilms, CPH:DOX, Full Frame, Hot Docs, Montclair, Encounters, Sheffield, AFI Docs

About:
The filmmaker interrogates the 1992 murder of his brother, which went unprosecuted, and its personal aftermath.

I profiled the doc before Sundance here.

Coming to theatres tomorrow, Friday, September 8:
TROPHY

Directors:
Shaul Schwarz and Christina Clusiau

Premiere:
Sundance 2017

Select Festivals:
SXSW,CPH:DOX, Full Frame, Dallas, Encounters, Jerusalem, Melbourne, Moscow, Sun Valley, Montclair

About:
An exploration of the complex intersections between wildlife conservation and big game hunting.

I profiled the doc before Sundance here.

Coming to theatres this Friday, September 8:
MOTHERLAND

Director:
Ramona Diaz

Premiere:
Sundance 2017

Select Festivals:
Nantucket, Berlin, Docville, San Francisco, Los Angeles Asian Pacific, Montclair, Docaviv, Sheffield, Sydney, Melbourne, Moscow

About:
An immersion into the world’s busiest maternity ward.

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

Coming to theatres this Friday, September 8:
SCHOOL LIFE

Director:
Neasa Ní Chianáin

Co-Director:
David Rane

Premiere:
IDFA 2016

Select Festivals:
Sundance, Nantucket, Hot Docs, Dublin, Visions du Reel, Guth Gafa, Docville, San Francisco, Sofia

About:
A pair of teachers contemplate retirement after decades at an unforgettable Irish private boarding school.

I previously profiled the doc before Sundance, under its original title, IN LOCO PARENTIS.

Coming to PBS’s American Masters tomorrow, Friday, September 1:
RICHARD LINKLATER: DREAM IS DESTINY

Directors:
Louis Black and Karen Bernstein

Premiere:
Sundance 2016

Select Festivals:
SXSW, Kansas City, Jerusalem, Rio de Janeiro, Poland’s American Film Festival

About:
A profile of the Austin-based director of BOYHOOD and the BEFORE trilogy.

I previously wrote about the doc before Sundance here.

Coming to Discovery Impact tomorrow, Thursday, August 31:
RANCHER, FARMER, FISHERMAN

Directors:
Susan Froemke and John Hoffman

Co-director:
Beth Aala

Premiere:
Sundance 2017

Select Festivals:
Washington DC Environmental, San Francisco Green, Aspen Ideas, Traverse City

About:
A profile of unlikely leaders in conservation efforts.

I previously profiled the doc before Sundance here.

Coming to theatres this Friday, September 1:
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.

Coming to theatres tomorrow, Friday, August 25:
RANCHER, FARMER, FISHERMAN

Director:
Susan Froemke and John Hoffman

Co-director:
Beth Aala

Premiere:
Sundance 2017

Select Festivals:
Washington DC Environmental, San Francisco Green, Aspen Ideas, Traverse City

About:
A profile of unlikely leaders in conservation efforts.

I previously profiled the doc before Sundance here.

Coming to theatres tomorrow, Friday, August 11:
WHOSE STREETS?

Director:
Sabaah Folayan

Co-Director:
Damon Davis

Premiere:
Sundance 2017

Select Festivals:
True/False, San Francisco, Encounters, Sheffield, BAMcinemaFest, Seattle, Montclair, Maryland, Full Frame, RiverRun, Outfest, Provincetown, Atlanta

About:
An on-the-ground immersion into the Ferguson uprising.

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

Coming to theatres tomorrow, Wednesday, August 9:
MACHINES

Director:
Rahul Jain

Premiere:
IDFA 2016

Select Festivals:
Sundance, Thessaloniki Doc, Hot Docs, DocsBarcelona, Docaviv, Beldocs, Documenta Madrid, Docs Against Gravity

About:
On the lives of Indian textile factory workers.

I profiled the doc before Sundance here.