Coming to Starz tonight, Monday, July 2:
THE RAPE OF RECY TAYLOR
Director:
Nancy Buirski
Premiere:
Venice 2017
Select Festivals:
New York Film Festival, Chicago, Film Columbia, Woodstock, Double Exposure,
About:
An exploration of a 1944 case of sexual assault against an African-American woman in Alabama.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to VOD via Hulu tomorrow, Saturday, June 30:
EUROTRUMP
Directors:
Stephen Robert Morse and Nicholas Hampson
Premiere:
Sheffield 2017
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, CPH:DOX, Watch Docs
About:
A portrait of one of the most divisive figures in Dutch politics.
I previously wrote about the film for DOC NYC’s program, saying:
With his signature coif, extremist views against Islam, and positioning as a populist candidate, politician Geert Wilders has been called the Dutch Donald Trump. With unprecedented access to the controversial figure, who has lived under armed guard for the past dozen years due to death threats against him, this compelling film charts Wilders’ rise to power as he seems poised to become the Prime Minister of the Netherlands. Directors Stephen Robert Morse and Nicholas Hampson explore the provocative politician and his undeniable, disturbing influence on Dutch politics.
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Coming to theatres today, Friday, June 29:
LOVE, CECIL
Director:
Lisa Immordino Vreeland
Premiere:
Telluride 2017
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Hamptons, Palm Springs, Ashland, Sedona, Newport, Docaviv
About:
An affectionate portrait of renowned photographer and aesthete Cecil Beaton.
The film screened as part of DOC NYC, for which our program notes read:
Cecil Beaton was a multi-talented photographer, writer, and painter who also designed sets and costumes for Oscar®-winning films such as MY FAIR LADY and GIGI. Filmmaker Lisa Immordino Vreeland, who has previously directed major biographies of Diana Vreeland (DIANA VREELAND: THE EYE HAS TO TRAVEL) and Peggy Guggenheim (PEGGY GUGGENHEIM: ART ADDICT), demonstrates how Beaton intersected multiple worlds from British royalty to fashion to Hollywood.
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Coming to NYC’s Maysles Cinema tonight, Friday, June 29:
THIS IS CONGO
Director:
Daniel McCabe
Premiere:
Venice 2017
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, IDFA, Camden, DocPoint, Big Sky Doc, Palm Springs, Woodstock, Stockholm, Human Rights Watch, Glasgow, Docville
About:
An inside look at the complex forces behind the Democratic Republic of Congo’s ongoing conflicts.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to theatres tomorrow, Friday, June 29:
THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS
Director:
Tim Wardle
Premiere:
Sundance 2018
Select Festivals:
Nantucket, Hot Docs, Miami, San Francisco, Sydney, Dallas, Montclair, Cleveland, Newport Beach
About:
The surprising, stranger than fiction tale of triplets separated at birth.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, June 26:
STRANGER FRUIT
Director:
Jason Pollock
Premiere:
SXSW 2017
Select Festivals:
Traverse City
About:
A controversial re-examination of the murder of Michael Brown in Ferguson MO.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to PBS’s POV tonight, Monday, June 25:
SINGING WITH ANGRY BIRD
Director:
Hyewon Jee
Premiere:
IDFA 2016
Select Festivals:
Sheffield, ZagrebDox, Tempo Docs
About:
A Korean opera singer forms a children’s choir in the slums of India.
Hyewon Jee’s film follows the efforts of opera singer Jae-Chang Kim – nicknamed “Angry Bird” by his students for his quick temper – to demonstrate the value of music to a community of underprivileged parents in Pune, India. Though the Banana’s Children Choir he created has won acclaim internationally, affording his young singers the opportunity to travel beyond their country and, more importantly, to aspire to a more hopeful future, Kim still experiences resistance from some of their parents, who don’t see any immediate financial gain from the activity. His solution: To bring the parents into the choir for a special performance for Pune’s mayor and Korean dignitaries. Jee profiles a few too many subjects, resulting in a more cursory survey rather than a deeper sense of any individual, but the overall impression is a hopeful one about the positive impact of culture.
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Coming to HBO tonight, Monday, June 25:
BELIEVER
Director:
Don Argott
Premiere:
Sundance 2018
Select Festivals:
Hot Docs, Montclair, Miami, Outfest
About:
A Mormon rockstar advocates for inclusion and acceptance of LGBT people in the Church of Latter Day Saints.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
photo by Gidalya Pictures
Director:
Alexandra Shiva
Premiere:
Sundance 2018
Select Festivals:
Nantucket, Cleveland, Full Frame, Florida, Salem
About:
A look at the experiences of newly arrived Syrian refugees in Baltimore.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to FOX Sports tomorrow, Saturday, June 23:
NOSSA CHAPE
Directors:
Jeff Zimbalist and Michael Zimbalist
Co-Director:
Julian Duque
Premiere:
SXSW 2018
Select Festivals:
Montclair, Kicking & Screening
About:
A Brazilian soccer club reckons with a devastating tragedy.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
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