Coming to DVD tomorrow, Tuesday, June 28:
FIDDLER’S JOURNEY TO THE BIG SCREEN
Director:
Daniel Raim
World Premiere:
Palm Springs 2022 (cancelled)
Select Festivals:
Miami Jewish, Toronto Jewish, Atlanta Jewish, Seattle Jewish, Rehoboth Beach
About:
The story behind director Norman Jewison’s quest to recreate the lost world of Jewish life in Tsarist Russia and re-envision the beloved stage hit FIDDLER ON THE ROOF as a wide-screen epic.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to HBO and HBO Max tomorrow, Tuesday, June 28:
ENDANGERED
Director:
Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady
World Premiere:
Tribeca 2022
Select Festivals:
Nantucket
About:
A sobering look at the erosion of democracy and freedom of the press in the United States and abroad.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to DVD tomorrow, Tuesday, June 28:
PLAGUE AT THE GOLDEN GATE
Director:
Li-Shin Yu
World Premiere:
American Experience broadcast (May 2022)
About:
In San Francisco’s Chinatown in 1900, a deadly outbreak of bubonic plague, and the hunt to identify its source, leads to an all-too-familiar spate of violent anti-Asian sentiment.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to CNN this Sunday, June 26:
CITIZEN ASHE
Director:
Sam Pollard, Rex Miller
World Premiere:
Telluride 2021
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Camden, Hot Springs Doc, BFI London, AFI Fest, Chicago, Virginia
About:
A portrait of the trailblazing tennis player, the first and only Black man to win Wimbledon and the US and Australian Opens, and the first Black player on the US Davis Cup team.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to NYC’s Rooftop Films tomorrow, Saturday, June 25:
LET THE LITTLE LIGHT SHINE
Director:
Kevin Shaw
World Premiere:
True/False 2022
Select Festivals:
Black Star, Full Frame, Doc 10, Minneapolis-St Paul, Doclands, Freep, Milwaukee, Ashland
About:
A high-achieving elementary school near downtown Chicago is a lifeline for Black children – until gentrification threatens its closure.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to theatres today, Friday, June 24:
VEDETTE
Director:
Claudine Bories, Patrice Chagnard
World Premiere:
Cannes ACID 2021
Select Festivals:
IDFA, Thessaloniki Doc
About:
A year in the life of a cow with a feisty personality who has to face the agonizing truth that she’s no longer Queen of the Swiss Alps.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to theatres today, Friday, June 24:
BEBA
Director:
Rebeca Huntt
World Premiere:
Toronto 2021
Select Festivals:
Berlin, CPH:DOX, Docaviv, Miami, Tribeca, Provincetown, Minneapolis-St Paul
About:
A raw, poetic self-portrait in which a young, NYC-born Afro-Latina filmmaker stares down historical, societal, and generational trauma.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to VOD tomorrow, Friday, June 24:
BITTERBRUSH
Director:
Emelie Mahdavian
World Premiere:
Telluride 2021
Select Festivals:
Visions du Réel, San Francisco, Sydney
About:
Two women set up camp at a tiny cabin and begin their season of work, to feed their dreams: to own their own livestock, to have true independence, and to start a family.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to theatres and virtual cinemas tomorrow, Friday, June 24:
THE HUMAN TRIAL
Director:
Lisa Hepner, Guy Mossman
World Premiere:
Theatrical release (June 2022)
About:
An intimate, unprecedented profile of the patients and scientists participating in a groundbreaking clinical trial to seek a cure for diabetes.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to OVID tomorrow, Friday, June 24:
PORTRAIT OF JASON
Director:
Shirley Clarke
World Premiere:
New York Film Festival 1967
About:
In this seminal exploration of Black gay male identity, a hustler and aspiring performer relates his life to the camera.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
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