Coming to theatres this Friday, May 11:
BOOM FOR REAL: THE LATE TEENAGE YEARS OF JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT
Director:
Sara Driver
Premiere:
Toronto 2017
Select Festivals:
New York, IDFA, Thessaloniki Doc, San Francisco, Bentonville, Panama, Full Frame, IFF Boston
About:
An exploration of Jean-Michel Basquiat’s early development as an artist in late 1970s/early 1980s NYC.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations
Festival:
The 17th annual EDOC – Encuentros del Otro Cine
Dates:
May 9-20
About:
Approximately 80 new or recent documentary features screen in multiple cities in this Ecuadorian festival. Continue reading
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Overviews, Recommendations
Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, May 8:
FINDING OSCAR
Director:
Ryan Suffern
Premiere:
Telluride 2016
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Boulder, Mill Valley, Sedona, Sun Valley, United Nations Association, Austin
About:
Investigators seek justice for the victims of a state-sponsored Guatemalan massacre.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, May 8:
IT’S NOT YET DARK
Director:
Frankie Fenton
Premiere:
Galway 2016
Select Festivals:
Sundance, Edinburgh, Thessaloniki Doc, Docs Against Gravity, Sydney, Biografilm
About:
A chronicle of a filmmaker’s determination to complete his first feature, despite a diagnosis of ALS.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to DVD tomorrow, Tuesday, May 8:
HUMAN FLOW
Director:
Ai Weiwei
Premiere:
Venice 2017
Select Festivals:
Telluride, Hamptons, Mill Valley, Haifa, Atlantic
About:
An overarching view of the global refugee crisis.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Festival:
The 71st annual Cannes Film Festival
Dates:
May 8-19
About:
The world’s most esteemed cinema event presents a dozen nonfiction features among its 60 offerings, while its autonomous sidebars, Directors’ Fortnight and Critics’ Week, include but one documentary each. Continue reading
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Overviews, Recommendations
FINDING KUKAN | Courtesy Family of Rey Scott
Director:
Robin Lung
Premiere:
Hawaii 2016
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, CAAMFest, IFF Boston, Los Angeles Asian Pacific, Seattle, Asian/Asian American fests in Boston, Atlanta, Vancouver, Philadelphia, San Diego, DC
About:
An investigation into the true origins of a lost documentary about China.
I previously wrote about the film for DOC NYC’s program, saying:
KUKAN (1941), one of the first documentaries honored with an Academy Award, was long considered lost. A chronicle of Chinese resistance to Japanese aggression, the project was credited to Rey Scott, an adventurer who had never before made a film. When Hawaiian filmmaker Robin Lung learns that a driving force behind KUKAN was Li Ling-Ai, a Chinese-American Hawaiian woman all but erased from its history, she begins investigating the film and its mysterious production, leading to unanticipated discoveries.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to PBS’s Independent Lens this coming Monday, May 7:
NO MAN’S LAND
Director:
David Byars
Premiere:
Tribeca 2017
Select Festivals:
Montclair, Denver, St Louis, Mill Valley, Ashland, Camden
About:
An inside look at the controversial occupation of Oregon’s Malheur Wildlife Refuge by right-wing militants.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Festival:
The 27th annual DOXA
Dates:
May 3-13
About:
Vancouver’s documentary festival presents more than 40 new and recent features. Continue reading
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Overviews, Recommendations
Coming to the JCC Manhattan tomorrow, Tuesday, May 1 and to theatres this Friday, May 4:
RBG
Directors:
Betsy West and Julie Cohen
Premiere:
Sundance 2018
Select Festivals:
Miami, Cleveland, San Francisco, Montclair
About:
A portrait of legendary, outspoken US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
