Coming to OVID.tv tomorrow, Thursday, March 17:
EL MAR LA MAR
Directors:
Joshua Bonnetta and JP Sniadecki
World Premiere:
Berlin 2017
Select Festivals:
New York, London, IDFA, Indielisboa, Dokfest Munich, Docaviv, Docs Against Gravity, AFI Docs, Camden, Chicago, Vienna, AFI Fest, San Francisco, Hong Kong
About:
An immersive exploration of life and death in a desert along the US/Mexico border.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to OVID.tv today, Tuesday, March 15:
STEP UP TO THE PLATE
Director:
Paul Lacoste
World Premiere:
Berlin 2012
Select Festivals:
Seattle, Silverdocs, San Francisco
About:
Following the slow passing of the torch of a three-Michelin-star restaurant from father to son.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to HBO and HBO Max in two parts beginning tomorrow, Tuesday, March 15:
PHOENIX RISING
Director:
Amy Berg
World Premiere:
Sundance 2022
About:
Actress and activist Evan Rachel Wood takes her experience as a survivor of domestic violence to pursue justice, heal generational trauma, and reclaim her story in a culture that instinctively blames women. The film intimately charts her journey as she moves toward naming her infamous abuser for the first time.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to DVD tomorrow, Tuesday, March 15:
ENEMIES OF THE STATE
Director:
Sonia Kennebeck
World Premiere:
Tribeca 2020 (unscreened)
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Toronto, CPH:DOX, Calgary, Glasgow
About:
Everything is not as it seems for an American family that flees to Canada to protect their hacker son from US government persecution.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Festival:
The 29th SXSW Film Festival
Dates:
March 11-20
About:
This Austin event makes its in-person return with a lineup of more than 100 new features and episodics – with docs making up more than half that number.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Overviews, Recommendations
Coming to Discovery+ tomorrow, Thursday, March 10:
LAST EXIT: SPACE
Director:
Rudolph Herzog
World Premiere:
Discovery+ (March 2022)
About:
An exploration of mankind’s desire to expand beyond Earth and into space.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to VOD tomorrow, Tuesday, March 8:
CALENDAR GIRL
Director:
Christian D Bruun
World Premiere:
DOC NYC 2020
Select Festivals:
Miami Jewish, LA Fashion Festival, Berkshire
About:
Ruth Finley, the nonagenarian queen of the fashion industry through her pink Fashion Calendar, founded in 1945, faces the end of an era as her iconic publication changes ownership.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to Amazon Prime Video today, Friday, March 4:
LUCY AND DESI
Director:
Amy Poehler
World Premiere:
Sundance 2022
About:
Through interviews and archival, a tribute to trailblazing icons in comedy and entertainment, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, and the story of their lasting love.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to theatres and VOD tomorrow, Friday, March 4:
DEAR MR BRODY
Director:
Keith Maitland
World Premiere:
Tribeca 2020 (unscreened)
Select Festivals:
Nantucket, Telluride, SXSW, San Francisco Doc, Provincetown, Miami
About:
In 1970, eccentric hippie millionaire Michael Brody, Jr decided to give $25 million away to anyone who needed it, sparking a media frenzy and thousands of letters from strangers all requesting his help.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to The World Channel’s America Reframed tomorrow, Thursday, March 3:
FOR THE LOVE OF RUTLAND
Director:
Jennifer Maytorena Taylor
World Premiere:
Hot Docs 2020
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Atlanta, St Louis, Cucalorus
About:
Once prosperous but now reeling from the opioid epidemic, the town of Rutland, Vermont, becomes the center of an ideological debate on refugee resettlement.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
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