Coming to theatres tomorrow, Friday, October 28:
AFGHAN DREAMERS
Director:
David Greenwald
World Premiere:
Galway 2022
Select Festivals:
Montclair, Heartland, Woodstock, GlobeDocs
About:
Members of an Afghan all-girl high school robotics team struggle to succeed in international competitions while combating their male-dominated culture and the threat of Taliban rule.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to OVID today, Wednesday, October 26:
GALLANT INDIES
Director:
Philippe Béziat
World Premiere:
Bordeaux 2020
Select Festivals:
Sheffield, Hot Docs, FIPADOC, Doclisboa, Transilvania, Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, Havana, Shanghai
About:
A young filmmaker works with an acclaimed choreographer to stage a baroque masterpiece at Opéra national de Paris, combining urban dance such as hip-hop, krump, break, and voguing with classical music to challenge the cultural expectations of this venerable, four-century-old institution.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to HBO and HBO Max today, Wednesday, October 26:
A TREE OF LIFE: THE PITTSBURGH SYNAGOGUE SHOOTING
Director:
Trish Adlesic
World Premiere:
DOC NYC 2021
About:
Survivors of the mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue recount the harrowing experience and detail how their lives have fundamentally changed after the deadliest antisemitic attack in American history.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, October 25:
BLUE ISLAND
Director:
Chan Tze Woon
World Premiere:
Rotterdam 2022
Select Festivals:
New Directors/New Films, Hot Docs, Taiwan Doc
About:
A docufiction exploring Hong Kong’s protest movement and ensuing crackdown in the context of its history of rebellion.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to VOD tomorrow, Tuesday, October 25:
A DECENT HOME
Director:
Sara Terry
World Premiere:
Denver 2021
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Big Sky Doc, Fargo, IFF Boston, RiverRun, United Nations Association, Heartland, Hot Springs Doc
About:
A look at the changing economy of mobile home parks being bought by private equity firms, closing out one of the last affordable housing options in America.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to PBS’s Independent Lens tonight, Monday, Oct 24:
TIKTOK, BOOM.
Director:
Shalini Kantayya
World Premiere:
Sundance 2022
Select Festivals:
SXSW, CPH:DOX, San Francisco, Hot Docs, Zurich
About:
With TikTok now crowned the world’s most downloaded app, these are the personal stories of a cultural phenomenon, told through an ensemble cast of Gen-Z natives, journalists, and experts alike. Why is an app, best known for people dancing, the target of so much controversy?
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to theatres and to Netflix today, Friday, October 21:
DESCENDANT
Director:
Margaret Brown
World Premiere:
Sundance 2022
Select Festivals:
New York, SXSW, CPH:DOX, Camden, IFF Boston, Sidewalk, Mill Valley,
About:
After a century shrouded in secrecy and speculation, descendants of the Clotilda – the last known ship carrying enslaved Africans to the United States – reclaim their story.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to SundanceTV this Sunday, October 23:
OUR AMERICAN FAMILY
Director:
Hallee Adelman, Sean King O’Grady
World Premiere:
Woodstock 2021
Select Festivals:
Philadelphia
About:
An honest, unfiltered look at a close-knit Philadelphia family dealing with generational substance abuse.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to theatres today, Friday, October 21:
THE COMPUTER ACCENT
Director:
Riel Roch-Decter, Sebastian Pardo
World Premiere:
CPH:DOX 2022
Select Festivals:
Ambulante, Unherhört, Kaohsiung
About:
American post-pop group YACHT embarks on a radical creative experiment: inviting a computer into the recording studio.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to VOD today, Friday, October 21:
THE PEZ OUTLAW
Director:
Amy Bandlien Storkel, Bryan Storkel
World Premiere:
SXSW 2022
Select Festivals:
Cleveland, Freep, Calgary, Hot Springs Doc, Bergen, Seattle, IFF Boston
About:
Steve Glew spent the 1990s smuggling rare pez dispensers into the USA from Eastern Europe, making millions of dollars – until his arch-nemesis, The Pezident, decided to destroy him.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
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