Coming to PBS’s POV tonight, Monday, August 8:
PRESIDENT
Director:
Camilla Nielsson
World Premiere:
Sundance 2021
Select Festivals:
CPH:DOX, AFI Docs, Docaviv, Thessaloniki Doc, Dokufest, Encounters, DMZ Docs, Melbourne, Docville, Zurich, Montclair, Philadelphia
Notable Recognition:
The doc was shortlisted for the Academy Awards.
About:
The leader of Zimbabwe’s opposition party seeks a free and fair election.
I previously wrote about the doc before Sundance here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to Film Movement Plus today, Friday, August 5:
FAITH
Director:
Valentina Pedicini
World Premiere:
IDFA 2019
Select Festivals:
True/False, Docaviv, Goteborg, Thessaloniki Doc
About:
An Italian sect of monastic martial arts champions, the Warriors of Light, train to fight evil.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to theatres today, Friday, August 5:
CLAYDREAM
Director:
Marq Evans
World Premiere:
FIFAA Annecy 2021
Select Festivals:
Tribeca, Philadelphia, Milwaukee, Palm Springs
About:
The rise and fall of the Oscar- and Emmy-winning Will Vinton, the “Father of Claymation” who revolutionized the animation business during the 1980s and ’90s only to see his carefully sculpted American dream came crumbling down.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to Film Movement Plus tomorrow, Friday, August 5:
THE NOTORIOUS MR BOUT
Director:
Tony Gerber, Maxim Pozdorovkin
World Premiere:
Sundance 2014
Select Festivals:
Nantucket, Hot Docs, True/False, Little Rock, Miami, BAMcinemaFest
About:
A portrait of an infamous Russian international arms smuggler.
I previously profiled the film before Sundance here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
New to DVD this week:
COW
Director:
Andrea Arnold
World Premiere:
Cannes 2021
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Telluride, IDFA, Busan, BFI London, Melbourne, Jerusalem, Beijing, Hamburg, Hamptons, Reykjavik, Mill Valley, Chicago, Jihlava, AFI Fest, Tokyo, Rio
About:
A close-up portrait of the daily lives of two cows.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
New to VOD this week:
EXPOSING MUYBRIDGE
Director:
Marc Shaffer
World Premiere:
DOC NYC 2021
Select Festivals:
Sheffield, Palm Springs, Jerusalem, New Zealand, Boulder, Sonoma, Milwaukee, DocLands, Minneapolis-St Paul
About:
A complex look into the compelling life and times of the father of cinema: Eadweard Muybridge.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to NYC’s Rooftop Films tomorrow, Wednesday, August 3 and to theatres this Friday, August 5:
MIJA
Director:
Isabel Castro
World Premiere:
Sundance 2022
Select Festivals:
True/False, CPH:DOX, Hot Docs, Los Angeles Latino, Miami, Cleveland, RiverRun, Maryland, San Francisco
About:
When Doris, a young, ambitious music manager whose undocumented family depends on her ability to launch pop stars, loses her biggest client, she hustles to discover new talent and finds Jacks, another daughter of immigrants for whom “making it” isn’t just a dream: it’s a necessity.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to DVD and streaming tomorrow, Tuesday, August 2:
FANNY: THE RIGHT TO ROCK
Director:
Bobbi Jo Hart
World Premiere:
Hot Docs 2021
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, DOXA, Inside Out, Frameline, Outfest, Los Angeles Asian Pacific, Santa Barbara, Athena, Cleveland, In-Edit, Hawaii, Doc’n Roll, Woodstock, Florida
About:
Ferocious female rockers Fanny, who shattered glass ceilings in the ’70s, collecting fans like David Bowie before being buried in retro record bins, reunite fifty years later with a new record deal and a chance to rewrite history.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to PBS’s POV today, Monday, August 1:
HE’S MY BROTHER
Director:
Cille Hannibal
World Premiere:
CPH:DOX 2021
Select Festivals:
DOK.Fest Munich, Thessaloniki Doc, Melbourne, Docs Against Gravity
About:
What does the world feel like with three senses?
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to theatres today, Friday, July 29:
BLUE ISLAND
Director:
Chan Tze Woon
World Premiere:
Rotterdam 2022
Select Festivals:
New Directors/New Films, Hot Docs, Taiwan Doc
About:
A docufiction exploring Hong Kong’s protest movement and ensuing crackdown in the context of its history of rebellion.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
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