Coming to theatres this Friday, June 25:
AGAINST THE CURRENT
Director:
Oskar Pall Sveinsson
World Premiere:
Reykjavik 2020
About:
Transgender adventurer Veiga Grétarsdóttir attempts to kayak the 1,300 mile circumference of Iceland, counter-clockwise and against the current, an achievement that has been compared to climbing K2.
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Coming to DVD tomorrow, Thursday, June 24:
MIRACLE FISHING: KIDNAPPED ABROAD
Director:
Miles Hargrove
Co-Director:
Christopher Birge
World Premiere:
Tribeca 2020 (unscreened)
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Nantucket, AFI Docs, Sidewalk, Dallas, Brisbane, Trinidad & Tobago
About:
A kidnapped man’s family and friends are forced to negotiate for his release.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to Netflix this Thursday, June 24:
SISTERS ON TRACK
Director:
Corinne van der Borch, Tone Grøttjord-Glenne
World Premiere:
CPH:DOX 2021
Select Festivals:
Tribeca
About:
Three track star sisters face obstacles in life and in competition as they pursue Olympic dreams.
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Coming to VOD today, Tuesday, June 22:
ECHOES OF THE INVISIBLE
Director:
Steve Elkins
World Premiere:
SXSW 2020 (unscreened)
Select Festivals:
GlobeDocs, Environmental Film Festival Australia
About:
Daring explorers embark upon seemingly impossible journeys into the most extreme environments on Earth to find the connective tissue between all things seen and unseen.
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Coming to HBO Max this Thursday, June 24:
LFG
Director:
Andrea Nix Fine, Sean Fine
World Premiere:
Tribeca 2021
About:
An inside look at the US women’s national soccer league and their continuing fight for equal pay in an effort to create real change in women’s sports.
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Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, June 22:
Bill Traylor: Chasing Ghosts
Director:
Jeffrey Wolf
World Premiere:
Smithsonian American Art Museum (September 2018)
Select Festivals:
Freep, San Francisco DocFest
About:
The biography of a former Black slave turned celebrated self-taught artist.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to MUBI today, Monday, June 21:
BE PRETTY AND SHUT UP!
Director:
Delphine Seyrig
World Premiere:
French theatrical release (March 1981)
About:
In 1975 Delphine Seyrig recorded interviews with twenty-four actresses in France and the US, including Maria Schneider, Jane Fonda, and Shirley MacLaine, about their experience across the industry, revealing the frustrations of working within the patriarchal studio system.
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Coming to The WORLD Channel’s America ReFramed tomorrow, Tuesday, June 22:
JACK & YAYA
Director:
Jennifer Bagley
World Premiere:
qFlix Philadelphia 2019
Select Festivals:
Inside Out, Seattle Translations, Hell’s Half Mile, BFI Flare
About:
A portrait of two transgender friends who have known each other since they were toddlers.
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Coming to PBS’s Independent Lens tonight, Monday, June 21:
TWO GODS
Director:
Zeshawn Ali
World Premiere:
Full Frame 2020 (unscreened)
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, BlackStar, Montclair, Hot Docs, Camden
About:
A Black Muslim casket maker mentors two boys.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to theatres today, Friday, June 18:
THE SPARKS BROTHERS
Director:
Edgar Wright
World Premiere:
Sundance 2021
Select Festivals:
SXSW, Hot Docs, IFF Boston, San Francisco Doc
About:
A tribute to the influential but overlooked band Sparks.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
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