Coming to The WORLD Channel’s AfroPoP today, Monday, April 25:
RESTITUTION? AFRICA’S FIGHT FOR ITS ART
Director:
Nora Philippe
World Premiere:
French TV broadcast (Oct 2021)
Select Festivals:
CPH:DOX
About:
Should Western museums return works of art and cultural artifacts to Africa?
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to PBS today, Monday, April 25:
BIG SONIA
Directors:
Leah Warshawski, Todd Soliday
Premiere:
Napa Valley 2016
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Seattle, Cleveland, Sun Valley, Big Sky Doc, Milwaukee, Durban, Jewish fests in San Francisco, Boston, Atlanta, Palm beach, Charlotte, Kansas City, Southampton, and Miami
About:
An intimate and at times humorous portrait of an unstoppable Holocaust survivor.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to PBS’s Independent Lens tonight, Monday, April 25:
AWARE: GLIMPSES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Director:
Frauke Sandig, Eric Black
World Premiere:
Hof 2020
Select Festivals:
Docs Against Gravity, Melbourne Doc, Maui, Illuminate
About:
Six researchers take radically different approaches in their investigation of the mysteries of consciousness.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to Apple TV+ today, Friday, April 22:
THEY CALL ME MAGIC
Director:
Rick Famuyiwa
World Premiere:
Apple TV+ (April 2022)
About:
A docuseries offering an intimate look at the life and legacy of sports icon Earvin “Magic” Johnson.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to Film Movement Plus today, Friday, April 22:
HAMADA
Director:
Eloy Domínguez Serén
World Premiere:
IDFA 2018
Select Festivals:
Tempo Doc, Göteborg, Gijon, Doc Montevideo, Cinéma du Réel
About:
A portrait of several of the forgotten Sahrawi people, abandoned in a refugee camp in the middle of the desert ever since Morocco drove them out of Western Sahara forty years ago.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to theatres and virtual cinema tomorrow, Friday, April 22:
THE EARTH IS BLUE AS AN ORANGE
Director:
Iryna Tsilyk
World Premiere:
Sundance 2020
Select Festivals:
Berlin, IDFA, Hot Docs, Doc Fortnight, Thessaloniki Doc, ZagrebDox, Docs Against Gravity, Biografilm, Docudays UA, Reykjavik, Zurich, Dokufest, Adelaide, Seattle
About:
A Ukrainian family processes life in a war zone by making films about their experience.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to Film Movement Plus tomorrow, Friday, April 22:
FAR WESTERN
Director:
James Payne
World Premiere:
IDFA 2016
Select Festivals:
Full Frame, Krakow, deadCenter
About:
An exploration of how American country music was transplanted to post-World War II Japan, captivating a loyal audience to the present day.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to Netflix today, Wednesday, April 20:
CONVERSATIONS WITH A KILLER: THE JOHN WAYNE GACY TAPES
Director:
Joe Berlinger
World Premiere:
Netflix (April 2022)
About:
An exploration of how John Wayne Gacy – an aspiring politician, beloved local contractor, and part-time clown-for-hire who murdered 33 young men between 1972 and 1976 – operated for so long with impunity.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to Hulu tomorrow, Thursday, April 21:
CAPTIVE AUDIENCE: A REAL AMERICAN HORROR STORY
Director:
Jessica Dimmock
World Premiere:
Hulu release (April 2022)
About:
A docuseries following the story of Steven Stayner and his family’s 50-year journey to unravel the tale of two brothers, one deemed a villain and the other a hero.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Newly re-released on DVD this week:
FROM THE JOURNALS OF JEAN SEBERG
Director:
Mark Rappaport
World Premiere:
Toronto 1995
Select Festivals:
Rotterdam, Thessaloniki, Karlovy Vary, Cleveland
About:
Ill-fated actress Jean Seberg – portrayed by Mary Beth Hurt – reflects on her life as illustrated through her work in this creative exploration of film history and women’s place within it.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
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