Today’s Documentary Premieres profiles kicks off with a portrait of one of the seminal bands of the 1970s: Alison Ellwood’s HISTORY OF THE EAGLES PART ONE
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2013 Sundance Docs in Focus: HISTORY OF THE EAGLES PART ONE
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On DVD: THE OTHER DREAM TEAM
Coming to DVD next Tuesday, January 15: THE OTHER DREAM TEAM
Marius Markevicius’ look back at the 1992 Lithuanian Olympic basketball team premiered at Sundance last year. Its festival circuit included Dallas, Newport Beach, and Seattle before a limited theatrical release.
I wrote about the doc before Sundance here.
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2013 Cinema Eye Honors Winners
The 6th annual Cinema Eye Honors, recognizing achievements in non-fiction film from 2012, took place last night in a ceremony at the Museum of the Moving Image attended by the close-knit documentary community, and featuring some notable addresses by the likes of DA Pennebaker, Chris Hegedus, and Michael Moore.
Here is the full list of winners – congratulations to them all:
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
5 BROKEN CAMERAS (pictured above)
Outstanding Achievement in Direction
Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady for DETROPIA
Audience Choice Prize
BULLY
Outstanding Achievement in Production
Dimitri Doganis for THE IMPOSTER
Outstanding Achievement in Editing
T. Woody Richman and Tyler H. Walk for HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
Jeff Orlowski for CHASING ICE
Spotlight Award
ARGENTINIAN LESSON
Heterodox Award
MUSEUM HOURS
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Short Filmmaking
GOOD BYE MANDIMA (KWA HERI MANDIMA)
Outstanding Achievement in an Original Music Score
Dial.81 for DETROPIA
Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design and Animation
Oskar Gullstrand and Arvid Steen for SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN
Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film
ONLY THE YOUNG
Legacy Award
THE WAR ROOM, directed by Chris Hegedus and D A Pennebaker, produced by RJ Cutler, Wendy Ettinger, and Frazer Pennebaker
Note: NYC audiences have a chance to see THE WAR ROOM in a theatre tonight at MoMI, while Hot Docs will screen the film in Toronto as part of this year’s festival in late April/early May.
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85th Academy Awards: Best Documentary Feature Nominees
The Best Documentary Feature Oscar finalists were announced this morning, together with all the other categories – view the entire list of nominees here. The documentaries are listed below. Congratulations to all the nominees – four Sundance alums, and one screening in Park City this year!
HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE (pictured above)
Congrats also to the Documentary Shorts nominees:
INOCENTE, by Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine (whose LIFE ACCORDING TO SAM will be screening at Sundance this month)
KINGS POINT, by Sari Gilman and Jedd Wider
MONDAYS AT RACINE, by Cynthia Wade and Robin Honan
OPEN HEART, by Kief Davidson and Cori Shepherd Stern
REDEMPTION, by Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill
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2013 Sundance Docs in Focus: THE CRASH REEL
The next entry in Documentary Premieres welcomes back a four-time Sundance alum: Lucy Walker’s THE CRASH REEL, the story of snowboarder Kevin Pearce.
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2013 Sundance Docs in Focus: ANITA
Heading into the first title in this year’s Documentary Premieres section: Freida Mock’s ANITA, a reflection on Anita Hill’s testimony about Clarence Thomas upon his Supreme Court nomination and its lasting impact.
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2013 Sundance Docs in Focus: WHO IS DAYANI CRISTAL?
Today’s first profile covers the final film in the 2013 World Cinema Documentary Competition: From the UK, Marc Silver’s WHO IS DAYANI CRISTAL?, powerful, humanistic look at the impact of US immigration south of the border.
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On DVD/VOD: DETROPIA
Coming to DVD and VOD next Tuesday, January 15: DETROPIA
Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady’s ode to Detroit premiered a year ago at Sundance, where it won the jury award for best documentary editing. It went on to screen at True/False, Cleveland, Hot Docs, DocAviv, Silverdocs, and Traverse City, among others, before its theatrical release. The film is on the Oscar shortlist for Best Documentary Feature. Its VOD release makes the film available via iTunes, Amazon, YouTube, and Vudu.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
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On DVD: BATTLE FOR BROOKLYN
Coming to DVD next Tuesday, January 15: BATTLE FOR BROOKLYN
Suki Hawley and Michael Galinsky’s exposé on the dark side of Brooklyn’s development made its world premiere at Hot Docs in 2011. Since then it has screened extensively at fests and series like the Brooklyn Film Festival, San Francisco Doc, Chicago Underground, Rooftop Films, and Stranger Than Fiction, as well as in theatres around the country, and also made the 2012 Oscar shortlist.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
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In Theatres: HIGH TECH, LOW LIFE
Coming to NYC’s IFC Center tomorrow, Wednesday, January 9: HIGH TECH, LOW LIFE
Stephen Maing’s portrait of two of China’s courageous citizen reporters had its world premiere at Tribeca last year. Since then, the doc has screened at Hot Docs, Sydney, and Sheffield, and picked up awards at Woods Hole, Open City, Little Rock, and the IFF Boston.
I previously wrote about the film out of Tribeca here.
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