Category Archives: Releases

Streaming: THE MYSTERY OF MARILYN MONROE: THE UNHEARD TAPES

Coming to Netflix tomorrow, Wednesday, April 27:
THE MYSTERY OF MARILYN MONROE: THE UNHEARD TAPES

Director:
Emma Cooper

World Premiere:
Netflix (April 2022)

About:
An exploration of the mystery surrounding the death of the movie icon, focused on previously unheard interviews conducted with her inner circle.

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On DVD: WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT COSBY

Courtesy of Sundance Institute

Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, April 26:
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT COSBY

Director:
W Kamau Bell

World Premiere:
Sundance 2022

About:
Can you separate the art from the artist? Should you even try? While there are many people about whom we could ask those questions, none poses a tougher challenge than Bill Cosby.

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On DVD: WRITING WITH FIRE

Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, April 26:
WRITING WITH FIRE

Director:
Rintu Thomas, Sushmit Ghosh

World Premiere:
Sundance 2021

Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Nantucket, IDFA, CPH:DOX, Hot Docs, RIDM, BlackStar, Guadalajara, DocsMX, Double Exposure, Sydney, Yamagata Doc, Ambulante, Denver, San Diego Asian, Hawaii, Bergen, San Francisco, Krakow, Seattle, Thessaloniki Doc, One World, Shanghai

Notable Recognition:
The doc was nominated for the Academy Awards.

About:
A chronicle of the trailblazing work of India’s only news outlet run by Dalit women–once known as “untouchable.”

I previously wrote about the doc before Sundance here.

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On TV: RESTITUTION? AFRICA’S FIGHT FOR ITS ART

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?

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On TV: BIG SONIA

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.

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On TV: AWARE: GLIMPSES OF CONSCIOUSNESS

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.

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Streaming: THEY CALL ME MAGIC

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.

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Streaming: HAMADA

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.

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In Theaters/Virtual Release: THE EARTH IS BLUE AS AN ORANGE

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.

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Streaming: FAR WESTERN

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.

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