Coming to theatres today, Friday, June 24:
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 VOD tomorrow, Friday, June 24:
BITTERBRUSH
Director:
Emelie Mahdavian
World Premiere:
Telluride 2021
Select Festivals:
Visions du Réel, San Francisco, Sydney
About:
Two women set up camp at a tiny cabin and begin their season of work, to feed their dreams: to own their own livestock, to have true independence, and to start a family.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to theatres and virtual cinemas tomorrow, Friday, June 24:
THE HUMAN TRIAL
Director:
Lisa Hepner, Guy Mossman
World Premiere:
Theatrical release (June 2022)
About:
An intimate, unprecedented profile of the patients and scientists participating in a groundbreaking clinical trial to seek a cure for diabetes.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to OVID tomorrow, Friday, June 24:
PORTRAIT OF JASON
Director:
Shirley Clarke
World Premiere:
New York Film Festival 1967
About:
In this seminal exploration of Black gay male identity, a hustler and aspiring performer relates his life to the camera.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to OVID this Friday, June 24:
FIFI HOWLS FROM HAPPINESS
Director:
Mitra Farahani
World Premiere:
Berlin 2013
Select Festivals:
New York, Telluride, BAFICI, Cinema du Reel, Warsaw, Seattle
About:
The filmmaker tracks down a long-forgotten, censored pre-Revolution Iranian artist.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Festival:
The 29th Sheffield Doc/Fest
Dates:
June 23-28
About:
Just under 90 new and recent features make up the lineup of this British nonfiction event.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Overviews, Recommendations
Coming to OVID this Friday, June 24:
A BIT OF SCARLET
Director:
Andrea Weiss
World Premiere:
Edinburgh 1996
Select Festivals:
Berlin, NewFest, Outfest, Melbourne, Brisbane
About:
An exploration of the pervasive presence of queers on the British screen through a series of telling clips from diverse periods of UK film history.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to HBO Max tomorrow, Thursday, June 23:
MENUDO: FOREVER YOUNG
Director:
Ángel Manuel Soto, Kristofer Ríos
World Premiere:
Tribeca 2022
About:
A docuseries chronicling the rise and fall of the most iconic Latin American boy band in history, bringing viewers into the world of the popular teen idols’ global tours, magazine covers, ‘80s outfits, and screaming fangirls – as well as a web of abuse and exploitation at the hands of the band’s manager, Edgardo Diaz.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to HBO and HBO Max tomorrow, Wednesday, June 22:
CHERNOBYL: THE LOST TAPES
Director:
James Jones
World Premiere:
British TV broadcast (February 2022)
Select Festivals:
Full Frame
About:
The story of Chernobyl, told entirely through a newly discovered hoard of dramatic footage filmed at the nuclear plant during the disaster and new, deeply personal audio interviews with those who were there.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to VOD today, Tuesday, June 21:
THE STORY WON’T DIE
Director:
David Henry Gerson
World Premiere:
Hot Docs 2021
Select Festivals:
AFI Docs, Watch Docs, Poland’s American Fest, Woods Hole
About:
A portrait of a young generation of Syrian artists who use their work to process their ongoing trauma and to express themselves as they never could under the repressive regime that forced them into exile.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
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