Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, December 13:
RIOTSVILLE, USA
Director:
Sierra Pettengill
World Premiere:
Sundance 2022
Select Festivals:
New Directors/New Films, True/False, CPH:DOX, Seattle, Freep, San Francisco, Traverse City
About:
Footage shot by the media and government of a fictional town built by the US military explores the militarization of the police and the reaction of a nation to the uprisings of the late 1960s, creating a counter-narrative to a critical moment in American history.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to DVD via the Criterion Collection today, Tuesday, December 13:
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND
Director:
Todd Haynes
World Premiere:
Cannes 2021
Select Festivals:
New York Film Festival, Telluride, San Sebastian, Zurich, BFI London, Chicago
About:
An exploration of how The Velvet Underground became a cultural touchstone representing a range of contradictions.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to HBO and HBO Max tomorrow, Tuesday, December 13:
PELOSI IN THE HOUSE
Director:
Alexandra Pelosi
World Premiere:
HBO/HBO Max (December 2022)
About:
A candid, behind-the-scenes chronicle of the life of her mother and Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, through her career milestones leading up to the inauguration of President Joseph Biden in January 2021.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to PBS’s American Masters tonight, Monday, December 12:
THE ADVENTURES OF SAUL BELLOW
Director:
Asaf Galay
World Premiere:
Hot Docs 2021
Select Festivals:
Louisville, Hamptons DocFest, Jewish fests in San Francisco, Toronto, Austin, Philadelphia, UK, Miami
About:
An exploration of Nobel Prize winner Saul Bellow’s impact on American literature and how he navigated through issues of his time, including race, gender, and the Jewish immigrant experience.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to PBS’s POV tonight, Monday, December 12:
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, December 9:
HIDDEN LETTERS
Director:
Violet Du Feng
World Premiere:
Tribeca 2022
Select Festivals:
BFI London, Hot Springs Doc, Adelaide, Bergen, Heartland, DocEdge
About:
In modern-day China, two women strive to preserve Nushu, an ancient secret language that bonded generations of Chinese women together through centuries of oppression.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to theatres today, Friday, December 9:
THE TREASURE OF HIS YOUTH: THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF PAOLO DI PAOLO
Director:
Bruce Weber
World Premiere:
Rome 2021
Select Festivals:
CPH:DOX
About:
A stylish and elegant film about the beauty and grandeur of post-war Italy, and about the photographer who portrayed it.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to theatres today, Friday, December 9:
BUNKER
Director:
Jenny Perlin
World Premiere:
Indie Memphis 2021
About:
A look at the lonely lives of American men who have decided to live in decommissioned military bunkers and nuclear missile silos,
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to theatres tomorrow, Friday, December 9:
TO THE END
Director:
Rachel Lears
World Premiere:
Sundance 2022
Select Festivals:
CPH:DOX, Hot Docs, Tribeca, Doclisboa, Cleveland, Wisconsin, Ji.hlava, Hawai’i,
About:
Stopping the climate crisis is a question of political courage, and the clock is ticking. Over three years of turbulence and crisis, four remarkable young women of color fight for a Green New Deal, igniting a historic shift in US climate politics.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to theatres and VOD tomorrow, Friday, December 9:
I AM DB COOPER
Director:
TJ Regan
World Premiere:
Seattle 2022
About:
Two bounty hunters meet an old man claiming to be hijacker DB Cooper. Can they help him dig up the cash he hid half a century ago? Documentary footage blends with period reenactments to tell the tangled tale.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
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