Coming to theatres tomorrow, Friday, August 9:
ONE CHILD NATION
Directors:
Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang
World Premiere:
Sundance 2019
Select Festivals:
Nantucket, True/False, Tribeca, Hot Docs, CPH:DOX, Sheffield, Full Frame, AFI Docs, DOXA, San Francisco, Seattle, Doc10, Docville, Florida, Sarasota, Sydney, New Zealand, Montclair, Biografilm, Human Rights Watch
About:
An expose of the unseen consequences of China’s one-child policy.
I profiled the film before Sundance here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
New to DVD this week:
A NEW COLOR: THE ART OF BEING EDYTHE BOONE
Director:
Marlene “Mo” Morris
Premiere:
Mill Valley 2015
Select Festivals:
Pan African, Sebastopol Doc, Through Women’s Eyes, Oakland, IFF Boston, SF Jewish, Harlem, Sarasota, San Diego and Nashville Black film festivals
About:
A portrait of an African-American mural artist and activist.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
New to VOD this week:
THE PROPOSAL
Director:
Jill Magid
Premiere:
Tribeca 2018
Select Festivals:
Hot Docs, Sheffield, Rotterdam, Dokufest, New Orleans, Camden, Docaviv, Docs Against Gravity, Ambulante, Antenna, RIDM, Palm Springs, Hamptons, Vancouver, Göteborg, Portland, Salem, DocPoint
About:
The artist/filmmaker engages in a polite battle of wills over access to – and the legacy of – a celebrated Mexican architect’s work.
I previously wrote about the film hereL.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
photo by Berry Berenson Perkins
Director:
Frédéric Tcheng
Premiere:
Sundance 2019
Select Festivals:
CPH:DOX, Tribeca, Seattle, Montclair, Sarasota
About:
An exploration of the life and legacy of America’s first celebrity designer.
My pre-Sundance doc profile may be found here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming DVD and VOD today, Tuesday, August 6:
AMAZING GRACE
Realized and Produced by:
Alan Elliott
Premiere:
DOC NYC 2018
Select Festivals:
Berlin, SXSW, True/False, AFI Fest, Full Frame, Pan African
About:
A landmark Aretha Franklin music concert film is released over forty years after it was filmed.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to PBS’s American Experience and to DVD tomorrow, Tuesday, August 6:
WOODSTOCK: THREE DAYS THAT DEFINED A GENERATION
Director:
Barak Goodman
Premiere:
Tribeca 2019
Select Festivals:
Seattle, DocLands
About:
An immersive reflection on how organizers defied the odds to stage the seminal music event.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to Starz tonight, Monday, August 5:
THE KLEPTOCRATS
Directors:
Havana Marking and Sam Hobkinson
World Premiere:
DOC NYC 2018
Select Festival:
CPH:DOX, Docville, Sydney, Cleveland, Docs Against Gravity, Sonoma
About:
An investigation into an audacious financial scandal.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to PBS’s POV tonight, Monday, August 5:
THE DISTANT BARKING OF DOGS
Director:
Simon Lereng Wilmont
Premiere:
IDFA 2017
Select Festivals:
CPH:DOX, San Francisco, Reyjkavik, Göteborg, Hong Kong, DOK.fest Munich, Docaviv, It’s All True, Docs Against Gravity, Docpoint, !f Istanbul, Vilnius
Notable Recognition:
The doc was shortlisted for the Academy Awards.
About:
A pre-teen boy lives near the border of the Ukraine/Russian war.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to VOD today, Friday, August 2:
FOR THE BIRDS
Director:
Richard Miron
Premiere:
Sheffield 2018
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, New Orleans, Hamptons, Thessaloniki Doc, AFI Docs, DocPoint, Antenna Doc, Cork, Austin, Planet in Focus, Woodstock
About:
An obsessive bird lover struggles to properly care for her flock.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to PBS’s American Masters tomorrow, Friday, August 2:
WORLDS OF URSULA K LE GUIN
Director:
Arwen Curry
World Premiere:
Sheffield 2018
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Ashland, Mill Valley, BendFilm, Austin, Boston Sci-Fi, Berlin Sci-Fi, Sebastopol Doc, Belfast, Newport Beach
About:
An intimate portrait of the pioneering author.
The film screened as part of DOC NYC, for which our program notes read:
Ursula K Le Guin: world builder, feminist, and fantasy author. Despite her early marginalization, Le Guin’s work challenged the male-dominated industry of literature, and demanded consideration of complex topics such as gender and identity, decades before these issues became contemporary talking points. Following Le Guin’s death in January 2018, Arwen Curry’s intimate portrait – featuring interviews with authors and Le Guin admirers Neil Gaiman and David Mitchell – is a moving tribute to a prescient female warrior and an homage to our shared love of storytelling.
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