Coming to theatres this Friday, December 2:
LOWNDES COUNTY AND THE ROAD TO BLACK POWER
Director:
Geeta Gandbhir, Sam Pollard
World Premiere:
Tribeca 2022
Select Festivals:
Camden, BlackStar, St Louis
About:
The story of the local movement and young Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) organizers who fought not just for voting rights, but for Black Power, in Lowndes County, Alabama.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to theatres this Friday, December 2:
THE QUIET EPIDEMIC
Director:
Lindsay Keys, Winslow Crane-Murdoch
World Premiere:
Hot Docs 2022
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Hamptons, Heartland, Woodstock, DocUtah, Mill Valley
About:
In 1975, the CDC and insurance companies set guidelines still used today to deny the existence of chronic Lyme disease; now a family fights for their daughter’s testing and treatment of the disease.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to NatGeo tomorrow, Thursday, December 1 and to Disney+ this Friday, December 2:
THE TERRITORY
Director:
Alex Pritz
World Premiere:
Sundance 2022
Select Festivals:
True/False, CPH:DOX, It’s All True, Docs Against Gravity, Philadelphia Environmental, Jerusalem, Movies That Matter, Cleveland, Seattle, Sydney
About:
When a network of Brazilian farmers seizes a protected area of the Amazon rainforest, a young Indigenous leader and his mentor must fight back in defense of the land and the people living deep within the forest.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to OVID tomorrow, Thursday, December 1:
DYKES, CAMERA, ACTION!
Director:
Caroline Berler
Premiere:
Frameline 2018
Select Festivals:
NewFest, Outfest, Athena, LGBTQ fests in Copenhagen, Milan, Kansas City, Denver, Dublin, Vancouver, Memphis, Palm Springs, Stockholm, Atlanta, Portland, Tampa, Madrid, Seattle, Sydney, Montreal, Boston, and Taiwan
About:
A survey of the history of queer women’s film.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to HBO and HBO Max this Thursday, December 1:
BRANSON
Director:
Chris Smith
World Premiere:
HBO/HBO Max (December 2022)
About:
An expansive and intimate 70-year chronicle of the life and career of risk-taking businessman and adventurer Richard Branson.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to OVID this Thursday, December 1:
QUEER GENIUS
Director:
Chet Pancake
Premiere:
Frameline 2019
Select Festivals:
NewFest
About:
A profile of the lives and creative practice of pioneering lesbian and queer creators, including poet Eileen Myles and the late Barbara Hammer.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, November 29:
RADIOMAN
Director:
Mary Kerr
Premiere:
Hot Docs 2012
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, BAFICI, Krakow
About:
The story of an extraordinary eccentric who overcame homelessness and addiction to become an unlikely New York City movie legend.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to OVID today, Tuesday, November 29:
GARRY WINOGRAND: ALL THINGS ARE PHOTOGRAPHABLE
Director:
Sasha Waters Freyer
Premiere:
SXSW 2018
Select Festivals:
San Francisco, New Zealand, Thin Line, Vancouver, Haifa
About:
A history and appreciation of acclaimed street photographer.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to Paramount+ tomorrow, Tuesday, November 29:
ART & KRIMES BY KRIMES
Director:
Alysa Nahmias
World Premiere:
Heartland 2021
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, RiverRun, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Bentonville, Denver, Big Sky Doc, Fargo, Oxford, Salem, Berkshire
About:
While locked up for six years in federal prison, artist Jesse Krimes secretly creates monumental works of art, smuggling them out in pieces and seeing the final product only when he’s released.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to Paramount+ tomorrow, Tuesday, November 29:
LAST FLIGHT HOME
Director:
Ondi Timoner
World Premiere:
Sundance 2022
Select Festivals:
Telluride, BFI London, Woodstock
About:
An examination of Eli Timoner’s life and intentional death and his family’s emotional turmoil as they grapple with his decision to end his own life.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
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