Category Archives: Sundance

Coming to theatres and to VOD tomorrow, Friday, September 29:
TAKE EVERY WAVE: THE LIFE OF LAIRD HAMILTON

Director:
Rory Kennedy

Premiere:
Sundance 2017

Select Festivals:
Nantucket, Martha’s Vineyard, Sarasota, San Sebastian, Newport Beach, Full Frame, SF DocFest

About:
A portrait of the iconoclastic athlete who revolutionized big wave surfing.

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

Coming to CNN this Sunday, September 24:
LEGION OF BROTHERS

Director:
Greg Barker

Premiere:
Sundance 2017

Select Festivals:
Minneapolis-St Paul

About:
Green Berets relate their secret missions to overthrow the Taliban after 9/11.

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

Coming to DVD this Sunday, September 24:
WATER & POWER: A CALIFORNIA HEIST

Director:
Marina Zenovich

Premiere:
Sundance 2017

Select Festivals:
Washington DC Environmental

About:
An investigation into the long-standing battle that’s being waged for control of the most precious of natural resources.

I profiled the doc before Sundance here.

Coming to theatres this Friday, September 22:
UNREST

Director:
Jennifer Brea

Premiere:
Sundance 2017

Select Festivals:
Hot Docs, Sheffield, CPH:DOX, SXSW, RiverRun, Cleveland, Nashville, New Zealand, Melbourne

About:
A personal and candid look at life with a debilitating and widely misunderstood medical condition.

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

Already in SF Bay Area theatres, and coming to NYC/LA this Friday, September 22:
THE FORCE

Director:
Peter Nicks

Premiere:
Sundance 2017

Select Festivals:
CPH:DOX, True/False, Full Frame, Seattle, Human Rights Watch, BAMcinemaFest, Melbourne, Cleveland, San Francisco, Sarasota

About:
An immersion into the beleaguered Oakland Police Department as it attempts to reform its scandal-ridden image.

I profiled the doc before Sundance here.

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.