Coming to OVID tomorrow, Friday, January 13:
ROCK HUDSON’S HOME MOVIES
Director:
Mark Rappaport
World Premiere:
NYC theatrical release (June 1992)
Select Festivals:
Toronto, Thessaloniki, Busan
About:
A subversive essay film exploring the queer subtext in the oeuvre of the publicly closeted Hollywood icon.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
JUDY BLUME FOREVER
The radical honesty of the books by young adult fiction pioneer Judy Blume changed the way millions of readers understood themselves, their sexuality, and what it meant to grow up, but also led to critical battles against book banning and censorship.
Director/Producer:
Davina Pardo, Leah Wolchok
Producers:
Sara Bernstein, Justin Wilkes, Marcella Steingart
Festival Section:
Premieres
More Info:
Check out the Sundance website for more details, including screening info, by clicking on the film title above.
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IT’S ONLY LIFE AFTER ALL
Blending 40 years of home movies, film archives, and intimate present-day vérité, a poignant reflection from Amy Ray and Emily Saliers of iconic folk rock duo Indigo Girls. A timely look into the obstacles, activism, and life lessons of two queer friends who never expected to make it big.
Director/Producer:
Alexandria Bombach
Producers:
Kathlyn Horan, Jess Devaney, Anya Rous
Festival Section:
Premieres
More Info:
Check out the Sundance website for more details, including screening info, by clicking on the film title above.
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INVISIBLE BEAUTY
Fashion revolutionary Bethann Hardison looks back on her journey as a pioneering Black model, modeling agent, and activist, shining a light on an untold chapter in the fight for racial diversity.
Director/Producer:
Bethann Hardison, Frédéric Tcheng
Producer:
Lisa Cortés
Festival Section:
Premieres
More Info:
Check out the Sundance website for more details, including screening info, by clicking on the film title above.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Sundance
Coming to OVID today, Wednesday, January 11:
GAY USA
Director:
Arthur J Bressan Jr
World Premiere:
San Francisco theatrical release (1977)
About:
The first American feature-length documentary by and about LGBTQ+ people mobilized camera crews across the country to document the national Gay Freedom Day marches in June of 1977, conveying the passion, anger, and defiant optimism of a community under attack.
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FOOD AND COUNTRY
America’s policy of producing cheap food at all costs has long hobbled small independent farmers, ranchers, and chefs. Worried for their survival, trailblazing food writer Ruth Reichl reaches out across political and social divides to uncover the country’s broken food system and the innovators risking it all to transform it.
Director/Producer:
Laura Gabbert
Producers:
Ruth Reichl, Paula P Manzanedo, Caroline Libresco, Lisa Remington
Festival Section:
Premieres
More Info:
Check out the Sundance website for more details, including screening info, by clicking on the film title above.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Sundance
New to OVID this week:
BORN IN EVIN
Director:
Maryam Zaree
World Premiere:
Berlin 2019
Select Festivals:
Hot Docs, IDFA, Sarajevo, Morelia, Biografilm, Human Rights Watch NYC, Cologne, Heartland
About:
A personal film investigating the filmmaker’s birth in an Iranian prison for dissidents.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
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THE DEEPEST BREATH
A champion freediver and expert safety diver seemed destined for one another despite the different paths they took to meet at the pinnacle of the freediving world. A look at the thrilling rewards — and inescapable risks — of chasing dreams through the depths of the ocean.
Director:
Laura McGann
Producers:
John Battsek, Sarah Thomson, Jamie D’Alton, Anne McLoughlin
Festival Section:
Premieres
More Info:
Check out the Sundance website for more details, including screening info, by clicking on the film title above.
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DEEP RISING
The fate of the planet’s last untouched wilderness, the deep ocean, is under threat as a secretive organization is about to allow massive extraction of seabed metals to address the world’s energy crisis.
Director/Producer:
Matthieu Rytz
Festival Section:
Premieres
More Info:
Check out the Sundance website for more details, including screening info, by clicking on the film title above.
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THE TUBA THIEVES
From 2011 to 2013, tubas were stolen from Los Angeles high schools. This is not a story about thieves or missing tubas. Instead, it asks what it means to listen.
Director/Producer:
Alison O’Daniel
Producer:
Rachel Nederveld
Festival Section:
NEXT
More Info:
Check out the Sundance website for more details, including screening info, by clicking on the film title above.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Sundance
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