Festival:
The 34th IDFA
Dates:
November 17-28
About:
Amsterdam hosts the premier nonfiction event in the world, presenting approximately 140 new and recent documentary features, in addition to shorts, live performances, and interactive works.
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IDFA 2021 Overview
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Streaming: SABAYA
Coming to Paramount+ today, Monday, November 15:
SABAYA
Director:
Hogir Hirori
World Premiere:
Sundance 2021
Select Festivals:
Nantucket, CPH:DOX, True/False, Docaviv, Hong Kong, Moscow, Melbourne
About:
An immersion into dangerous efforts to rescue Yazidi women and girls from their horrific fate as ISIS sex slaves.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
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In Theatres: CUSP
Coming to theatres today, Friday, November 12:
CUSP
Director:
Parker Hill, Isabel Bethencourt
World Premiere:
Sundance 2021
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Camden, AFI Docs, Stockholm
About:
An intimate chronicle of the lives of three teenage girls in a Texas military town.
I previously wrote about the doc before Sundance here.
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In Theatres: PROCESSION
Coming to theatres today, Friday, November 12:
PROCESSION
Director:
Robert Greene
World Premiere:
Telluride 2021
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Camden, Heartland, Montclair, Philadelphia, AFI Fest
About:
Six men, each abused by Catholic priests and, decades later, still in search of peace collaborate with the director and a team of therapists to create short films confronting their pasts.
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RIDM 2021 Overview
Festival:
The 24th RIDM
Dates:
November 10-25
About:
More than 60 new and recent documentary features screen in-person and online in Montreal’s sole nonfiction-focused festival, organized this year in eight distinct thematic strands.
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On DVD: TINA
Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, November 9:
TINA
Director:
Dan Lindsay, TJ Martin
World Premiere:
Berlin 2021
Select Festivals:
Glasgow
About:
On the life and career of iconic performer Tina Turner.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
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DOC NYC 2021 Overview
Festival:
The 12th DOC NYC
Dates:
November 10-28
About:
America’s largest nonfiction event – and my former programming home – returns both in-person and online – with more than 125 new and recent feature documentaries, plus shorts and its wide-ranging industry program, DOC NYC PRO.
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On VOD: THE DILEMMA OF DESIRE
Coming to VOD tomorrow, Tuesday, November 9:
THE DILEMMA OF DESIRE
Director:
Maria Finitzo
World Premiere:
SXSW 2020 (unscreened)
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Hot Docs, AFI Docs, St Louis, Docs Against Gravity, Raindance, Woodstock, Doclands
About:
An exploration of the clash between the external power of gender politics and the equally powerful imperative of female sexual desire.
The film previously screened at DOC NYC, for which our program notes read:
In this timely and radical film about female desire, gender politics, and sexuality, director Maria Finitzo invites us to share intimate conversations with women on a mission to reverse a patriarchal legacy that excludes female empowerment through omissions and distortions. Sophia Wallace’s artwork on “cliteracy” acts as a powerful framing device as the film explores such issues as the lack of clitoral details in anatomy books, the need for redesigning toys for female pleasure, and the use of one’s own body as an act of resistance.
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On TV: ATTICA
Coming to Showtime tomorrow, Saturday, November 6:
ATTICA
Director:
Stanley Nelson, Traci Curry
World Premiere:
Toronto 2021
Select Festivals:
Hot Springs Doc, Montclair
About:
An examination of the largest prison uprising in US history through dozens of new interviews with inmates, journalists, and other witnesses.
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Streaming: MOMENTS LIKE THIS NEVER LAST
Coming to MUBI tomorrow, Saturday, November 6:
MOMENTS LIKE THIS NEVER LAST
Director:
Cheryl Dunn
World Premiere:
DOC NYC 2020
Select Festivals:
Docaviv, Melbourne
About:
A compelling, immersive portrait of the late artist Dash Snow.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
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