Category Archives: Releases

Coming to theatres this Friday, April 10: SONG FROM THE FOREST

Michael Obert’s portrait of a return to Western civilization debuted at IDFA in 2013. Other fest screenings have included DOC NYC, SXSW, ZagrebDox, Thessaloniki Doc, London, Cleveland, It’s All True, Planete + Doc, DOXA, Pan African, !f Istanbul, and Camden.

I previously wrote about the film for DOC NYC’s program:
Drawn to the Central African Republic to study the songs of the Bayaka pygmies 25 years ago, American musicologist Louis Sarno abandoned modern civilization to join the tribe and start a family. Fulfilling a long-standing promise to show his teenager, Samedi, the world, father and son trade the rainforest for the concrete jungle and travel to New York City, visiting family and friends like Louis’ college roommate, director Jim Jarmusch. While Samedi takes it all in, Louis, surprisingly, is the one who becomes the fish out of water.

Coming to theatres this Friday, April 10: IN COUNTRY

Mike Attie and Meghan O’Hara’s profile of an unlikely pastime debuted at Full Frame last year. It went on to screen at DOC NYC, Hot Docs, CPH:DOX, and Camden, among other events.

I previously wrote about the film for DOC NYC’s program:
By now, the idea of Civil War re-enactment is familiar, but the subjects of Mike Attie and Meghan O’Hara’s intriguing film relive the battles of a far more surprising conflict: Vietnam. Drawing a mix of combat enthusiasts, Iraq War soldiers, actual Vietnam veterans, and even a former South Vietnamese Army officer, this band of brothers regularly recreates – by choice – a war that a whole generation would rather forget. What lies behind their compulsion to restage an unpopular war: therapy, nostalgia or something else?

Coming to DVD next Tuesday, April 7: MAD AS HELL

Andrew Napier’s chronicle of the rise of Cenk Uygur and the Young Turks had its world premiere at Hot Docs last year. Other screenings have included Tallgrass and Santa Barbara.

I previously wrote about the doc upon its theatrical release here.

Coming to theatres tomorrow, Friday, March 3: THE HAND THAT FEEDS

Rachel Lears and Robin Blotnick’s story of service workers uniting for fair treatment premiered at Full Frame last year. Its audience award win there was duplicated at DOC NYC, while additional screenings have included Traverse City, AFI Docs, Woodstock, Sidewalk, Cleveland, Workers Unite, Hardacre, Boulder, and Latino fests in San Francisco, Chicago, and San Diego, among others.

I previously wrote about the doc here.