Category Archives: Releases

Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, June 18: THE SOURCE FAMILY

Maria Demopoulos and Jodi Wille’s look at the 1970s Los Angeles spiritual commune debuted at SXSW last year. Its fest circuit included Hot Docs, San Francisco, Seattle, and Silverdocs, among others, before going on to limited theatrical engagements around the country.

I previously wrote about the doc out of SXSW here.

Coming to VOD tomorrow, Tuesday, June 18: HIGH TECH, LOW LIFE

Stephen Maing’s profile of Chinese citizen journalists debuted at last year’s Tribeca. It went on to Hot Docs, Sydney, EBS, DocAviv, One World, CPH:DOX, and Sheffield, and picked up awards at Woods Hole, Little Rock, and the IFF Boston, among others. After a limited theatrical release, the film is now available via iTunes and other platforms via Sundance Artist Services and Cinedigm.

I included the doc in my Tribeca coverage here.

Coming to VOD this Tuesday, June 18: HOW TO MAKE MONEY SELLING DRUGS

Matthew Cooke’s provocative exploration of the ins and outs of the global drug trade had its world premiere at Toronto last year. It went on to screen at Tribeca, Calgary Underground, Tromso, and Newport Beach, where it picked up an audience award. It now comes to iTunes, Amazon, Google Play, YouTube, Playstation, XBOX, Vudu, Time Warner, Dish Network, Blockbuster on Demand, and Cablevision.

I previously wrote about the doc out of Toronto here.

Coming to PBS’s Independent Lens this Monday, June 17: THE REVOLUTIONARY OPTIMISTS

Maren R Monsen and Nicole Newnham’s profile of child empowerment debuted at the International Film Festival of India in Goa. It has screened at the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Art of the Real series, and enjoyed a limited theatrical release, together with a number of community screenings around the country.

I previously wrote about the doc here.

Coming to NYC’s Lincoln Plaza Cinema this Friday, June 14 and expanding to Los Angeles, Chicago, and Montreal next Friday, June 21: FAR OUT ISN’T FAR ENOUGH: THE TOMI UNGERER STORY

Brad Bernstein’s portrait of the once-ubiquitous children’s book author debuted at Toronto last year. Other stops on the fest circuit included DOC NYC, Rome, Nashville, Florida, Warsaw, Palm Springs, Deauville, Haifa, RIDM, and Seattle, among others.

I included the doc in my Toronto coverage here.

Coming to HBO as part of its annual Docs Summer Series next Monday, June 17: LOVE, MARILYN

Liz Garbus’ portrait of Marilyn Monroe through recently uncovered writings debuted at last year’s Telluride and Toronto. It went on to open the Hamptons fest, and screen at Palm Springs, Newport Beach, Montclair, Hong Kong, Stockholm, Portland, Seattle, and London, as well as enjoy a theatrical run at Film Forum.

I previously wrote about the doc out of Toronto here.

Coming to NYC’s Quad this Friday, June 14 and Los Angeles’ Laemmle Music Hall next Friday, June 21: CALL ME KUCHU

Katherine Fairfax Wright and Malika Zouhali-Worrall’s eye-opening look at the homophobia threatening the lives of Uganda’s LGBT community made its debut at Berlin last year. Its traveled widely on the festival circuit, including Hot Docs, Silverdocs, Frameline, Jerusalem, Sheffield, Los Angeles, Reykjavik, Antenna, Side by Side, CPH:DOX, and New Orleans, among others, picking up several awards along the way.

I included the doc in my Hot Docs coverage here.

Coming to NYC’s Film Forum tomorrow, Wednesday, June 12: MORE THAN HONEY

Markus Imhoof’s apiarian exploration made its debut at Locarno last year. It went on to screen at Toronto, Palm Springs, Cleveland, Santa Barbara, Sarasota, Montclair, Vancouver, and Seattle, among others.

I included the doc in my Toronto roundup here.

Coming to VOD today, Tuesday, June 11: LONDON: THE MODERN BABYLON

Julien Temple’s city essay had its world premiere at Toronto last year. It went on to IDFA, Göteborg, and Torino, among others, and recently enjoyed a theatrical release through Cinedigm’s Docurama initiative.

I previously wrote about the doc here.