Coming to theatres and VOD tomorrow, Friday, July 29:
MY TREE
Director:
Jason Sherman
World Premiere:
Hot Docs 2021
About:
Forty years after receiving a tree for his bar mitzvah, planted in Israel in his name, the filmmaker searches it out, discovering many uncomfortable truths stemming from his gift.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
New to DVD this week:
THE TORCH
Director:
Jim Farrell
World Premiere:
Chicago 2019
About:
Guitar icon Buddy Guy reflects on his legacy and passes along the blues lessons he himself received from legends Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf to a phenom of the next generation.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to theatres this Friday, July 29:
ONE MAN DIES A MILLION TIMES
Director:
Jessica Oreck
World Premiere:
SXSW 2019
Select Festivals:
Goteborg, Ashland, Sarasota, Montclair, Maryland, Woods Hole, Vancouver, Milwaukee, Kolkata, Cairo
About:
Part documentary, part legend, the true story of a Russian seed bank and the botanists who worked there throughout the Siege of Leningrad (1941–1944), transposed to a sci-fi-inflected future.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to Netflix today, Wednesday, July 27:
THE MOST HATED MAN ON THE INTERNET
Director:
Rob Miller
World Premiere:
Netflix (July 2022)
About:
Determined to remove her daughter’s photos from a revenge porn website, a persistent mother launches an online crusade to shut down its cruel founder.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
New to VOD this week:
BEBA
Director:
Rebeca Huntt
World Premiere:
Toronto 2021
Select Festivals:
Berlin, CPH:DOX, Docaviv, Miami, Tribeca, Provincetown, Minneapolis-St Paul
About:
A raw, poetic self-portrait in which a young, NYC-born Afro-Latina filmmaker stares down historical, societal, and generational trauma.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to HBO and HBO Max tomorrow, Wednesday, July 27:
WE MET IN VIRTUAL REALITY
Director:
Joe Hunting
World Premiere:
Sundance 2022
Select Festivals:
True/False, CPH:DOX, Maryland
About:
Filmed entirely inside the world of VR, this vérité documentary captures the excitement and surprising intimacy of a burgeoning cultural movement, demonstrating the power of online connection in an isolated world.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to VOD today, Tuesday, July 26:
JAZZ FEST: A NEW ORLEANS STORY
Director:
Frank Marshall, Ryan Suffern
World Premiere:
SXSW 2021
About:
A soulful and heartfelt celebration of 50 years of the funky and fabulous New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and the unique culture of the southern city.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to DVD tomorrow, Tuesday, July 26:
MARX CAN WAIT
Director:
Marco Bellocchio
World Premiere:
Cannes 2021
Select Festivals:
New York, Busan, BFI London, Taipei Golden Horse, Vienna, IDFA, BAFICI
About:
In his most achingly personal film to date, the legendary Italian filmmaker uses the occasion of a family reunion to excavate and discuss a traumatic event: the suicide of his twin brother Camillo.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to PBS’s POV today, Monday, July 25:
WINTER’S YEARNING
Director:
Sidse Torstholm Larsen, Sturla Pilsko
World Premiere:
CPH:DOX 2019
Select Festivals:
Margaret Mead, Reykjavik, DOXA, Open City Docs, Nordisk Panorama
About:
In Maniitsoq, Greenland, the US aluminum giant Alcoa Corporation has been planning to build a smelting plant for years, and, with it, the nation’s possible first steps towards economic renewal and political sovereignty.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to theatres today, Friday, July 22:
MY OLD SCHOOL
Director:
Jono McLeod
World Premiere:
Sundance 2022
Select Festivals:
Nantucket, Thessaloniki Doc, Docs Against Gravity
About:
The astonishing true story of Scotland’s most notorious imposter.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
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