Coming to NYC’s Rooftop Films tomorrow, Saturday, June 25:
LET THE LITTLE LIGHT SHINE
Director:
Kevin Shaw
World Premiere:
True/False 2022
Select Festivals:
Black Star, Full Frame, Doc 10, Minneapolis-St Paul, Doclands, Freep, Milwaukee, Ashland
About:
A high-achieving elementary school near downtown Chicago is a lifeline for Black children – until gentrification threatens its closure.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
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 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
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 theatres today, Friday, June 17 and to Netflix this Sunday, June 19:
CIVIL
Director:
Nadia Hallgren
World Premiere:
Tribeca 2022
Select Festivals:
American Black
About:
An intimate yet expansive profile of Ben Crump, the lawyer dubbed “Black America’s attorney general.”
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to NYC’s Rooftop Films tomorrow, Saturday, June 18:
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
Coming to NYC’s Rooftop Films tomorrow, Wednesday, June 15:
FIRE OF LOVE
Director:
Sara Dosa
World Premiere:
Sundance 2022
Select Festivals:
CPH:DOX, Hot Docs, True/False, SXSW, New Directors/New Films, Docaviv, Visions du Reel, Docville, Sydney, Seattle, San Francisco, Cleveland, Ashland, RiverRun, Sun Valley, Provincetown
About:
This story of the doomed love triangle between intrepid scientists and lovers Katia and Maurice Krafft and the volcanoes they captured in their explosive archival footage.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Sundance
Festival:
The 21st Tribeca Festival
Dates:
June 8-19
About:
Approximately 140 features and episodic content – about half of that nonfiction – screens in this NYC event.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Overviews, Recommendations
Coming to HBO and HBO Max tomorrow, Wednesday, June 8:
THE JANES
Director:
Tia Lessin, Emma Pildes
World Premiere:
Sundance 2022
Select Festivals:
San Francisco, Cleveland, Athena, Minneapolis-St Paul
About:
The story of “Jane,” a group of women in Chicago who built an underground service for women seeking safe, affordable, and illegal abortions before Roe v Wade.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
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