Coming to virtual cinemas today, Friday, June 18:
THE AMERICAN SECTOR
Director:
Courtney Stephens, Pacho Velez
World Premiere:
Berlin 2020
Select Festivals:
Art of the Real, Docaviv, Camden, AFI Fest, RIDM, Maryland
About:
A road trip tracking several of the remnants of the Berlin Wall now held by American collectors and institutions.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to the Metrograph’s virtual cinema tomorrow, Friday, June 18:
THE FRENCH
Director:
William Klein
World Premiere:
Perspectives du Cinéma Français 1982
About:
An unprecedented all-access, behind-the-scenes look at the 1981 French Open.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to theatres tomorrow, Friday, June 18:
RITA MORENO: JUST A GIRL WHO DECIDED TO GO FOR IT
Director:
Mariem Pérez Riera
World Premiere:
Sundance 2021
Select Festivals:
Miami, San Francisco, Seattle, Cleveland, Atlanta, Sarasota, Tribeca, Provincetown
About:
A profile of the pioneering, EGOT-winning star of stage and screen.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to National Geographic and Hulu tomorrow, Friday, June 18:
RISE AGAIN: TULSA AND THE RED SUMMER
Director:
Dawn Porter
World Premiere:
National Geographic/Hulu release (June 2021)
About:
A focus on the two-day Tulsa Massacre in 1921 that led to the murder of hundreds of Black people and left thousands homeless and displaced.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to theatres and to virtual cinemas tomorrow, Friday, June 18:
TRUMAN & TENNESSEE: AN INTIMATE CONVERSATION
Director:
Lisa Immordino Vreeland
World Premiere:
Telluride 2020 (unscreened)
Select Festivals:
Hamptons, Full Frame, NewFest, Seattle, Glasgow
About:
The work, lives, and personal journeys of two iconic American artists coalesce with creative combustion in this innovative dual-portrait.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to Discovery+ tomorrow, Thursday, June 17:
MY NAME IS BULGER
Director:
Brendan J Byrne
World Premiere:
Discovery+ (June 2021)
About:
The story of Massachusetts’ legendary family, focused on politician Bill Bulger and his notorious gangster brother James “Whitey” Bulger.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to Peacock tomorrow, Thursday, June 17:
CIVIL WAR (OR, WHO DO WE THINK WE ARE)
Director:
Rachel Boynton
World Premiere:
Peacock release (June 2021)
About:
An exploration of how America remembers the Civil War and what the stories we tell reveal about who we are, from President Obama’s final year in office through the present.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to the Metrograph’s virtual cinema tomorrow, Thursday, June 17:
FATA MORGANA
Director:
Werner Herzog
World Premiere:
Cannes 1971
Select Festivals:
New York, One World, Thessaloniki Doc, IDFA, Planete Doc
About:
A semi-experimental portrait of the Sahara and Sahel deserts, focused largely on capturing mirages.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to Netflix today, Tuesday, June 15:
FTA
Director:
Francine Parker
World Premiere:
Theatrical release (July 1972)
About:
A chronicle of the controversial anti-Vietnam War political vaudeville tour of American military bases, fronted by Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to DVD/VOD today, Tuesday, June 15:
LUST FOR GOLD: A RACE AGAINST TIME
Director:
Robert May
World Premiere:
Theatrical (April 2021)
About:
Boyhood dreams of treasure lead to a lifelong search when a retired missile scientist makes a monumental discovery and tempts fate for fortune as he hatches a secret plan to prove his claim.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
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