Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, May 15:
US KIDS
Director:
Kim A Snyder
World Premiere:
Sundance 2020
Select Festivals:
Sheffield, Doc Edge, Mountainfilm, Full Frame, Miami, Martha’s Vineyard, NewportFilm, Calgary, GlobeDocs, Bergen, Hamptons, Mill Valley
About:
The young survivors of the Parkland school shooting are followed over a transformative year and a half.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to DVD via the Criterion Collection tomorrow, Tuesday, June 15:
TINY: THE LIFE OF ERIN BLACKWELL
Director:
Martin Bell
World Premiere:
Seattle 2016
Select Festivals:
BAMCinemaFest, Reykjavik
About:
A sequel to STREETWISE, focusing on the indelible subject, Tiny.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to DVD via the Criterion Collection tomorrow, Tuesday, June 15:
STREETWISE
Director:
Martin Bell
World Premiere:
Theatrical release (October 1984)
Select Festivals:
Sundance, Berlin
Notable Recognition:
The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
About:
The stories of homeless and runaway teenagers living on Seattle’s margins in 1983.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to HBO and HBO Max tomorrow, Tuesday, May 15:
REVOLUTION RENT
Director:
Andy Señor Jr, Victor Patrick Alvarez
World Premiere:
DOC NYC 2019
Select Festivals:
Miami, Key West
About:
A Cuban American reconnects with his roots as he attempts to stage RENT on Cuba.
The film screened as part of DOC NYC, for which our program notes read:
Theater director Andy is invited to bring the musical RENT to Cuba, his exiled parents’ homeland. Embarking on a personal journey to reclaim his complicated heritage, and to bridge cultural boundaries with Jonathan Larson’s inspiring musical, Andy is faced with the daunting task of opening the show just 12 weeks from first rehearsals. Will he be able to hone the raw young local talent he’s cast, contend with technical challenges and address RENT‘s controversial themes in Cuban society?
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to the Metrograph’s virtual cinema today, Monday, June 14:
LAND OF SILENCE AND DARKNESS
Director:
Werner Herzog
World Premiere:
Mannheim-Heidelberg 1971
Select Festivals:
Cannes, New York, One World, Thessaloniki Doc
About:
A blind and deaf woman is on a mission to help others with the same disabilities.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to Netflix this Sunday, June 13:
PICTURE A SCIENTIST
Director:
Sharon Shattuck, Ian Cheney
World Premiere:
Tribeca 2020 (unscreened)
Select Festivals:
Athena, InScience, Science on Screen
About:
An exploration of systemic discrimination and bias against women and especially women of color in STEM fields.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to MUBI today, Friday, June 11:
CITY HALL
Director:
Frederick Wiseman
World Premiere:
Venice 2020
Select Festivals:
Toronto, New York, IDFA, RIDM, Hong Kong, Busan, Jihlava, Camden, Hamburg, Denver, Glasgow, Philadelphia
About:
A kaleidoscopic look at the inner workings of the city of Boston explores larger ideas about a country’s steps toward inclusivity and social reform.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
New to DVD this week:
HOT HOUSE
Director:
Shimon Dotan
World Premiere:
Jerusalem 2006
Select Festivals:
Sundance, Human Rights Watch, Watch Docs
About:
A look at how Israeli prisons have encouraged the development of the next generation of Palestinian leaders as well as future terrorist threats.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to virtual cinema today, Wednesday, June 9:
Upheaval: The Journey of Menachem Begin
Director:
Jonathan Gruber
World Premiere:
Heartland 2020
Select Festivals:
Jewish fests in Las Vegas, Miami, Atlanta, Denver, and Pittsburgh
About:
A portrait of the Nobel Prize-winning former Israeli Prime Minister.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, June 8:
ALI & CAVETT: THE TALE OF THE TAPES
Director:
Robert S Bader
World Premiere:
SXSW 2018
Select Festivals:
Traverse City, Milwaukee, Black Harvest
About:
Tracing the development of Muhammad Ali through his appearances on THE DICK CAVETT SHOW.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
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