Coming to theatres and to Netflix today, Friday, October 21:
DESCENDANT
Director:
Margaret Brown
World Premiere:
Sundance 2022
Select Festivals:
New York, SXSW, CPH:DOX, Camden, IFF Boston, Sidewalk, Mill Valley,
About:
After a century shrouded in secrecy and speculation, descendants of the Clotilda – the last known ship carrying enslaved Africans to the United States – reclaim their story.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to SundanceTV this Sunday, October 23:
OUR AMERICAN FAMILY
Director:
Hallee Adelman, Sean King O’Grady
World Premiere:
Woodstock 2021
Select Festivals:
Philadelphia
About:
An honest, unfiltered look at a close-knit Philadelphia family dealing with generational substance abuse.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to theatres today, Friday, October 21:
THE COMPUTER ACCENT
Director:
Riel Roch-Decter, Sebastian Pardo
World Premiere:
CPH:DOX 2022
Select Festivals:
Ambulante, Unherhört, Kaohsiung
About:
American post-pop group YACHT embarks on a radical creative experiment: inviting a computer into the recording studio.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to VOD today, Friday, October 21:
THE PEZ OUTLAW
Director:
Amy Bandlien Storkel, Bryan Storkel
World Premiere:
SXSW 2022
Select Festivals:
Cleveland, Freep, Calgary, Hot Springs Doc, Bergen, Seattle, IFF Boston
About:
Steve Glew spent the 1990s smuggling rare pez dispensers into the USA from Eastern Europe, making millions of dollars – until his arch-nemesis, The Pezident, decided to destroy him.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to theatres tomorrow, Friday, October 21:
BRAINWASHED: SEX-CAMERA-POWER
Director:
Nina Menkes
World Premiere:
Sundance 2022
Select Festivals:
Berlin, CPH:DOX, IDFA, Karlovy Vary, Thessaloniki Doc, BFI London, Jeonju, Istanbul, Beldocs, Docaviv, Frameline, Encounters, Bergen, Ambulante
About:
Based on Nina Menkes’ acclaimed talk “Sex & Power: The Visual Language of Cinema,” this is a mesmerizing journey into how shot design intersects with the twin epidemics of sexual abuse/assault and employment discrimination against women.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to theatres tomorrow, Friday, October 21:
THE FIRE THAT TOOK HER
Director:
Patricia Gillespie
World Premiere:
Woodstock 2022
Select Festivals:
Hamptons, Heartland, Austin
About:
After fatal injuries sustained by being doused in petrol and set on fire by her ex-boyfriend, Judy Malinowski became one of the first women to testify at her own murder trial from beyond the grave.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to theatres tomorrow, Friday, October 21:
ALL THAT BREATHES
Director:
Shaunak Sen
World Premiere:
Sundance 2022
Select Festivals:
Cannes, New York, Docaviv, IDFA, BFI London, Busan, Krakow, Sydney, Dokufest, Hong Kong, Camden, Zurich, Athens, Vancouver, Hamptons, Hot Springs Doc, Bergen, Rome, Taipei Golden Horse, Stockholm, Montclair
About:
Against the darkening backdrop of Delhi’s apocalyptic air and escalating violence, two brothers devote their lives to protect one casualty of the turbulent times: the bird known as the Black Kite.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to theatres tomorrow, Thursday, October 20:
THE RETURN OF TANYA TUCKER
Director:
Kathlyn Horan
World Premiere:
SXSW 2022
Select Festivals:
Telluride, Toronto, Nashville, Wodstock, Hot Springs Doc, Montclair, Chicago
About:
Rising star Brandi Carlile writes an album for her hero, trailblazing country music legend Tanya Tucker, spurring the greatest comeback in country music history.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
New to OVID this week:
OFF THE ROAD
Director:
José Permar
World Premiere:
Visions du Reel 2020
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Los Cabos, Tempo Doc
About:
In this modern-day western musical, the slow-paced lifestyle on Mexico’s Baja Peninsula is given a turbo boost by the Baja 1000, the largest off-road motorsport race in the world.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
New to DVD this week:
FORGET ME NOT
Director:
Olivier Bernier
World Premiere:
Human Rights Watch 2021
Select Festivals:
New Orleans, Slamdance
About:
The director and his wife fight to include their child with disabilities in integrated classes in NYC’s public school system.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
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