Festival:
The 43rd Frameline: San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival
Dates:
June 20-30
About:
The world’s longest-running and most influential LGBT festival presents more than 75 features, including approximately 30 documentaries. Continue reading
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photo by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
Director:
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
Premiere:
Sundance 2019
Select Festivals:
Nantucket, Miami, Cleveland, Montclair, Wisconsin
About:
An intimate profile of the Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning literary icon.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
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Festival:
The 73rd Edinburgh International Film Festival
Dates:
June 19-30
About:
Just under 30 new or recent nonfiction – of approximately 120 features – appears in the lineup of this long-running Scottish event. Continue reading
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New to DVD this week:
OZONE HOLE: HOW WE SAVED THE PLANET
Director:
Jamie Lochhead
Premiere:
InScience 2018
About:
A look back at how the world came together to address a potential global catastrophe.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
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photo by Orlando Brito
Director:
Petra Costa
World Premiere:
Sundance 2019
Select Festivals:
Nantucket, Hot Docs, CPH:DOX, San Francisco, Montclair, IndieLisboa, Biografilm
About:
A cautionary tale about Brazil’s recent political scandals.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
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Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, June 18:
THE BRINK
Director:
Alison Klayman
Premiere:
Sundance 2019
Select Festivals:
CPH:DOX, Cleveland, Docville
About:
Steve Bannon, post-White House.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
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Festival:
The 17th AFI Docs
Dates:
June 19-23
About:
Just over 40 new and recent doc features, plus retrospective programming and shorts, make up the line-up of this respected Washington DC event. Continue reading
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MEMORY GAMES
Directors:
Janet Tobias and Claus Wehlisch
World Premiere:
DOC NYC 2018
Select Festivals:
RiverRun, Docs Against Gravity, DocLands,
About:
A look at the unforgettable world championship of memory athletes.
The film screened as part of DOC NYC, for which our program notes read:
You won’t believe your eyes watching this competition of memory athletes. Quickly absorbing complex data, such as random sequences of numbers, through visualization techniques – represented here through creative animated sequences – the competitors repeat it back under high-pressure conditions. The film follows hopefuls from the US, Germany, and Sweden on their way to a world championship.
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Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, June 18:
HALE COUNTY THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING
Director:
RaMell Ross
Premiere:
Sundance 2018
Select Festivals:
CPH:DOX, True/False, New Directors/New Films, Full Frame, Sheffield, Ambulante, Champs-Élysées, Maryland, DOK.fest Munich, Martha’s Vineyard African American, San Francisco, Montclair
Notable Recognition:
The documentary was nominated for the Academy Awards.
About:
An impressionistic portrait of two young African American men in the American South.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
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Coming to PBS tomorrow, Tuesday, June 17:
THE LAVENDER SCARE
Director:
Josh Howard
World Premiere:
qFLIX Philadelphia 2017
Select Festivals:
Virginia, Sun Valley, Frameline, Inside Out, LGBT fests in Sydney, San Diego, Seattle, Portland, Atlanta, Rochester, Austin, Miami, and Palm Springs
About:
A look back at the Cold War era panic over gays in the government.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
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