Coming to DVD and VOD tomorrow, Tuesday, May 31:
THE WOBBLIES
Director:
Stewart Bird, Deborah Shaffer
World Premiere:
New York Film Festival 1979
About:
The story of radical labor union the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), better known as the Wobblies, which championed the formation of “one big union” for all unskilled laborers, regardless of their race and gender.
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Coming to CNN tonight, Monday, May 30:
JULIA
Director:
Julie Cohen, Betsy West
World Premiere:
Telluride 2021
Select Festivals:
Toronto, DOC NYC, Hamptons, Chicago, AFI Fest, Mill Valley, Philadelphia, Woodstock, Heartland
Notable Recognition:
The doc was shortlisted for the Academy Awards.
About:
A portrait of the trailblazing, exuberant chef who filled TV screens for decades.
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Coming to Disney+ today, Friday, May 27:
WE FEED PEOPLE
Director:
Ron Howard
World Premiere:
SXSW 2022
About:
The story of renowned chef José Andrés and his nonprofit World Central Kitchen’s evolution over a 12 year period.
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Coming to theatres today, Friday, May 27:
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.
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Coming to DVD tomorrow, Friday, May 27:
ROMANTIC ROAD
Director:
Oliver McGarvey
World Premiere:
Edmonton 2017
Select Festivals:
DocPoint Tallinn, DocPoint Helsinki
About:
A long-married British couple take a six-month trip, driving their old 1936 Rolls Royce through rural India.
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Coming to OVID tomorrow, Friday, May 27:
STEALING RODIN
Director:
Cristóbal Valenzuela
World Premiere:
SANFIC 2017
Select Festivals:
BAFICI, Thessaloniki Doc, It’s All True, Guadalajara
About:
An investigation into the 2005 disappearance of a sculpture in Chile.
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Coming to Hulu tomorrow, Thursday, May 26:
LOOK AT ME: XXXTENTACION
Director:
Sabaah Folayan
World Premiere:
SXSW 2022
Select Festivals:
CPH:DOX, Atlanta
About:
An exploration of how Jahseh Onfroy tapped raw talent, a gift for connecting with disaffected youth, and a mastery of social media to fashion himself into SoundCloud rapper XXXTentacion – one of the most streamed artists on the planet.
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New to VOD this week:
BEAUTIFUL THINGS
Director:
Giorgio Ferrero, Federico Biasin
World Premiere:
Venice 2017
Select Festivals:
CPH:DOX, Taipei, SF DocFest, Edinburgh, Sydney, Hot Docs, New Horizons, RIDM, True/False, Dokufest, DMZ Docs, In-Edit, Melbourne, Dok Leipzig, Docville
About:
Four men from around the world present a meditation about the means of production of material goods and consumerism in our society.
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Coming to The WORLD Channel’s America ReFramed series tomorrow, Thursday, May 26:
CHINATOWN RISING
Director:
Harry Chuck, Josh Chuck
World Premiere:
CAAMFest 2019
Select Festivals:
Disorient, Guam, Asian/Asian American fests in Philadelphia, Boston and San Diego
About:
This deeply personal chronicle weaves together never-before-seen archival footage and photographs of a San Francisco neighborhood in transition.
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Coming to VOD today, Tuesday, May 24:
SINCE I BEEN DOWN
Director:
Gilda Sheppard
World Premiere:
Cleveland 2020
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Big Sky, Freep, Sebastopol Doc, Portland, Thin Line, Montreal Black
About:
Despite serving life without parole, a man works to improve others’ lives.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
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