Coming to theatres tomorrow, Friday, November 11:
RETROGRADE
Director:
Matthew Heineman
World Premiere:
Telluride 2022
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Busan, Hamptons, Vancouver, Antenna Doc, Heartland, Bergen, Philadelphia, Montclair, Cork, Denver
About:
The story of the last months of the 20-year war in Afghanistan through the intimate relationship between American Green Berets and the Afghan officers they trained.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to VOD tomorrow, Friday, November 11:
BEING THUNDER
Director:
Stéphanie Lamorré
World Premiere:
Inside Out 2021
Select Festivals:
Frameline, American Indian, NewFest
About:
Two-Spirit teenager Sherente lives at the intersections—sometimes clashing, sometimes harmonious—of several identities.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to theatres this Friday, November 11:
MIDWIVES
Director:
Snow Hnin Ei Hlaing
World Premiere:
Sundance 2022
Select Festivals:
CPH:DOX, IDFA, Cleveland, San Francisco, Human Rights Watch, DMZ Docs, Docaviv, Zurich, Brisbane, Bergen, Cork
About:
Two midwives—one Buddhist, the other Muslim—work side-by-side in a makeshift clinic in Myanmar.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to theatres this Friday, November 11:
IN HER HANDS
Director:
Tamana Ayazi, Marcel Mettelsiefen
World Premiere:
Toronto 2022
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Camden, Hamptons
About:
In the months leading up to the Taliban takeover in 2021, Afghanistan’s youngest female mayor, Zarifa Ghafari, deals with danger, uncertainty, and personal turmoil.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to OVID tomorrow, Thursday, November 10:
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.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Festival:
The 13th DOC NYC
Dates:
November 9-27
About:
More than 100 new and recent features are presented by America’s largest documentary festival.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Overviews, Recommendations
Festival:
The 35th IDFA
Dates:
November 9-20
About:
Nearly 150 new and recent documentary features make up the lineup of the largest nonfiction event in the world.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Overviews, Recommendations
Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, November 8:
DEAR SANTA
Director:
Dana Nachman
World Premiere:
Heartland 2020
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC
About:
Volunteers for the USPS’s Operation Santa answer letters to Santa.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to OVID today, Tuesday, November 8:
KIMJONGILIA
Director:
NC Heikin
World Premiere:
Sundance 2009
Select Festivals:
San Francisco, Seattle, Vancouver, Busan, Warsaw, Leeds, Stockholm, Palm Springs, Thessaloniki Doc, Reykjavik
About:
North Korean defectors tell their stories of repression, escape and hope.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to VOD tomorrow, Tuesday, November 8:
MEET ME IN THE BATHROOM
Director:
Dylan Southern, Will Lovelace
World Premiere:
Sundance 2022
Select Festivals:
CPH:DOX, Docaviv, BFI London, IndieLisboa, Sydney, Nashville, San Sebastián, Reykjavik, Athens, Brisbane
About:
An immersive journey through the New York music scene of the early 2000s. Set against the backdrop of 9/11, the film tells the story of how a new generation kickstarted a musical rebirth for New York City that reverberated around the world. Inspired by the book by Lizzy Goodman.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
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