Coming to VOD through Mubi tomorrow, Saturday, April 8:
TONY CONRAD: COMPLETELY IN THE PRESENT
Director:
Tyler Hubby
Premiere:
Chicago Underground 2016
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Leeds, Cork, Rotterdam, Big Sky Doc, Ann Arbor
About:
A portrait of the late, pioneering artist.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
New to DVD this week:
NATIONAL BIRD
Director:
Sonia Kennebeck
Premiere:
Berlin 2016
Select Festivals:
Tribeca, San Francisco, Sheffield, Sydney, Melbourne, Camden, Hamburg, Zurich
About:
A profile of several whistleblowers who have spoken out against the US drone program.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
New to VOD today, Thursday, April 6:
UNCLE HOWARD
Director:
Aaron Brookner
Premiere:
Sundance 2016
Select Festivals:
Berlin, New York, Seattle, BAFICI, Jerusalem, Warsaw, San Sebastian, Biografilm, Cleveland
About:
The filmmaker sets out to rediscover his uncle’s pioneering films.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to theatres tomorrow, Friday, April 7:
I HATE MYSELF :)
Director:
Joanna Arnow
Premiere:
Rooftop Films 2013
About:
The filmmaker documents her abusive relationship.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to VOD tomorrow, Friday, April 7:
SEED: THE UNTOLD STORY
Directors:
Taggart Siegel and Jon Betz
Premiere:
Washington DC’s Environmental Film Festival 2016
Select Festivals:
Nashville, Rhode Island, Princeton Environmental, Sheffield, Florida, DOXA, Woods Hole
About:
An overview about efforts to preserve seed diversity.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
New to VOD this past weekend:
THE BAD KIDS
Directors:
Keith Fulton and Lou Pepe
Premiere:
Sundance 2016
Select Festivals:
True/False, Cleveland, Full Frame, Dallas, Visions du Réel, Hot Docs, DocAviv, and Atlantic
About:
A coming-of-age story set in a high school for at-risk students.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to theatres this Friday, April 7:
ALL THESE SLEEPLESS NIGHTS
Director:
Michał Marczak
Premiere:
Sundance 2016
Select Festivals:
True/False, IDFA, CPH:DOX, San Francisco, Hot Docs, Karlovy Vary, Sarajevo, Bergen, Zurich, Singapore, Stockholm, Full Frame, Ambulante
About:
A hybrid profile of Warsaw twentysomethings living in the now.
I profiled the film before Sundance here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
New to VOD this past weekend:
GENERATION STARTUP
Directors:
Cynthia Wade and Cheryl Miller Houser
Premiere:
Traverse City 2016
Select Festivals:
Milwaukee
About:
An exploration of Detroit’s young entrepreneurs.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to Logo this Thursday, April 6 and to VOD this Saturday, April 8:
STRIKE A POSE
Directors:
Ester Gould and Reijer Zwaan
Premiere:
Berlin 2016
Select Festivals:
Tribeca, Hot Docs, Sheffield, DocAviv, BAFICI, Chicago, Biografilm, Jeonju, Krakow, Sydney, Bogota, Helsinki, Rio, Hot Springs Doc, In-Edit, Provincetown, Outfest, Frameline, NewFest, Inside Out, LGBT fests in Austin, Vancouver, Honolulu, Hong Kong, Copenhagen, Montreal
About:
Madonna’s Blond Ambition tour dancers revisit their brush with fame, 25 years later.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
New to VOD this past weekend:
FRACKMAN
Director:
Richard Todd
Co-Director:
Jonathon Stack
Premiere:
Byron Bay 2015
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Balinale
About:
A profile of an unlikely activist.
I previously wrote about the film for DOC NYC’s program, saying:
When Aussie everyman Dayne Pratzky left Sydney to build a home in rural Tara, he never expected he’d find himself in a battle over one of today’s most contentious issues: fracking. After the gas companies arrive to exploit the coal seam gas trapped beneath his land, Dayne learns he has no legal recourse to stop their activity. Galvanized to take a stand, the accidental activist unites an unlikely alliance of farmers and radicals to save their community, unexpectedly becoming part of a global network in the process.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
