Coming to theatres this Friday, September 14: STEP UP TO THE PLATE
Paul Lacoste’s profile of a father son pair of French chefs made its world premiere earlier this year at Berlin. It’s gone on to screen at Seattle, San Francisco, Silverdocs, and Planete Doc Review, among others. It opens in NYC this week, expanding through the rest of the month and into October.
I included the film in my Silverdocs roundup here.
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Coming to theatres this Friday, September 7: BEAUTY IS EMBARRASSING
Neil Berkeley’s portrait of artist Wayne White premiered at SXSW earlier this year. It’s gone on to screen at Full Frame, Cleveland, Hot Docs, Boston, Nashville, and Silverdocs, among others.
I included the film in my Silverdocs roundup here.
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Coming to NYC’s IFC Center this Friday, September 7: DETROPIA
Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady’s meditation on Detroit premiered in January at Sundance, picking up an award for best documentary editing. Its festival circuit has been extensive, screening at True/False, Cleveland, Boston, Hot Docs, DocAviv, Silverdocs, Nantucket, and Traverse City, among others. Ewing and Rachel’s DIY release expands from NYC next week and through November, with additional bookings found here.
I wrote about the film before Sundance here.
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Coming to NYC’s IFC Center next Wednesday, September 5: GIRL MODEL
Ashley Sabin and David Redmon’s disturbing look at international modeling premiered at last year’s Toronto. Its extensive festival run has included Camden, Abu Dhabi, Rome, CPH: DOX, IDFA, SXSW, Cleveland, Full Frame, and Planete Doc Review, among others.
I wrote about the film out of SXSW here.
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Coming to DVD next Tuesday, September 4: BALLPLAYER: PELOTERO
Ross Finkel, Trevor Martin, and Jonathan Paley’s controversial look at Dominican baseball premiered at the Hamptons last year. Since then, it’s screened at festivals including Miami and Cleveland, and enjoyed a limited theatrical and VOD release.
I previously wrote about the film here.
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Coming to POV for an encore screening this Thursday, August 30: BETTER THIS WORLD
Katie Galloway and Kelly Duane de la Vega’s exploration of a case of supposed domestic terrorism stemming from the 2008 Republican National Convention premiered at last year’s SXSW. Screenings followed at numerous festivals since then, including Full Frame, Hot Docs, Silverdocs, San Francisco, and many more.
I wrote about the film out of SXSW here.
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Coming to NYC’s IFC Center this Thursday, August 29 and to theatres in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Austin this Friday, August 31: THE AMBASSADOR
Mads Brügger’s controversial exposé of international corruption premiered at last year’s IDFA. It came stateside at Sundance and went on to screen extensively around the world, making stops at Thessaloniki Documentary, New Directors/New Films, Planete Doc, and Karlovy Vary, among others, before its US VOD release earlier this month.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
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Coming to DVD next Tuesday, August 28: FAMILY AFFAIR
Chico Colvard’s disturbing unearthing of family secrets made its world premiere at Sundance in 2010. Additional festivals included Hot Docs, Full Frame, Silverdocs, Atlanta, and many more, before making its debut on OWN earlier this year.
I previously wrote about the film upon its broadcast premiere here.
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Coming to NYC’s Village East this Friday, August 24: WILD HORSE, WILD RIDE
Alex Dawson and Greg Gricus’ profile of wild mustang competition made its world premiere at Palm Springs last year. Its festival circuit has included Hot Springs, Newport Beach, Aspen, Dallas, and Hot Docs, picking up a number of audience and jury prizes along the way. The film expands to Los Angeles on September 7 and beyond in the weeks to follow.
I included the film in my Dallas coverage here.
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Coming to NYC’S IFC Center this Friday, August 24: SOMEWHERE BETWEEN
Linda Goldstein Knowlton’s profile of cross-cultural adoption premiered at Hot Docs last year, picking up an audience award. Additional screenings included Vancouver, Aspen, Portland, and Los Angeles Film Festival.
My take on the film out of Hot Docs is included here.
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