Coming to DVD this coming Tuesday, September 25: SPLINTERS
Adam Pesce’s Papua New Guinea surfing doc premiered at Tribeca last year. Screenings followed at IDFA, Hawaii, and Newport Beach, and it received a limited theatrical release earlier this year.
I wrote about the film out of Tribeca here.
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Coming to DVD next Tuesday, September 25: SURVIVING PROGRESS
Mathieu Roy and Harold Crooks’ look at “progress traps” premiered at Toronto last year. The film went on to screen at Vancouver, IDFA, Dubai, and Big Sky, among others, before a limited theatrical and VOD release.
I previously wrote about the film here.
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Coming to theatres this Friday, September 21: DIANA VREELAND: THE EYE HAS TO TRAVEL
Lisa Immordino Vreeland’s love letter to the influential fashion editor made its premiere at Venice last year. It’s festival run included Telluride, IDFA, San Francisco, and Silverdocs, among others.
I included the film in my Silverdocs roundup here.
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Coming to theatres this Friday, September 21: HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE
David France’s affecting look back at a community fighting for their lives made its world premiere at Sundance earlier this year. It’s gone on to screen at True/False, Silverdocs, New Directors/New Films, San Francisco, and Outfest, among others.
I profiled the film before Sundance here.
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Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, September 18: SHAKESPEARE HIGH
Alex Rotaru’s doc on a student Shakespeare competition premiered at last year’s Tribeca. Additional festival stops included Palm Springs, Ashland, and Sonoma, as well as the Film Society’s Art of the Real series.
I included the doc in my Tribeca coverage here.
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Coming to NYC’s Film Forum this Wednesday, September 19: RADIO UNNAMEABLE
Paul Lovelace and Jessica Wolfson’s portrait of NYC’s legendary radio host Bob Fass premiered at Full Frame earlier this year. It’s also screened at BAMcinemFest, Silverdocs, and Sarasota, claiming a special jury prize at the latter.
I previously wrote about the film out of Silverdocs here.
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Coming to VOD and select theatres beginning next Tuesday, September 18: KNUCKLEBALL!
Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg’s look at the infamous unpredictable baseball pitch premiered at Tribeca earlier this year. Beyond its FilmBuff VOD release, the doc has a series of theatrical engagements that may be found here, beginning, appropriately enough, with theatres in its two protagonists’ cities – Boston and NYC.
I included the film in my Tribeca roundup here.
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Coming to DVD and VOD next Tuesday, September 18: PATIENCE (AFTER SEBALD)
Grant Gee’s original tribute to the work and influence of WG Sebald made its world premiere at a special Sebald fest organized by Aldeburgh Music in Suffolk, UK. It went on to screen at last year’s New York Film Festival, Vancouver, Rotterdam, and San Francisco, and enjoyed a limited theatrical release.
I previously wrote about the film upon its theatrical release here.
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Coming to DVD and VOD next Tuesday, September 18: SOMETHING FROM NOTHING: THE ART OF RAP
Director Ice-T and co-director Andy Baybutt premiered their star-studded appreciation of hip hop creativity at Sundance. Indomina released the film this summer around the country.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
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Coming to DVD next Tuesday, September 18: EL VELADOR
Natalia Almada’s meditation on death and life, centered around an expansive Mexican cemetery, premiered at New Directors/New Films last year. Its festival circuit has included Cannes, Los Angeles, Silverdocs, FIDM, Jihlava, and IDFA, among others, while also enjoying a week run at MoMA.
I wrote about the doc out of Silverdocs here.
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