Coming to theatres today, Friday, March 18:
JANE BY CHARLOTTE
Director:
Charlotte Gainsbourg
World Premiere:
Cannes 2021
Select Festivals:
New York, Deauville, Jerusalem, San Sebastian, Doclisboa, São Paulo, Warsaw, Jihlava, Tallinn Black Nights, Torino, Taipei Golden Horse, Stockholm
About:
The filmmaker makes a portrait of her famed mother Jane Birkin.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
New to VOD this week:
THE LAST TOURIST
Director:
Tyson Sadler
World Premiere:
Vancouver 2021
Select Festivals:
CPH:DOX, Santa Barbara, Edmonton
About:
On the downsides of tourism on local communities, animals, and the environment, and what can be done to make it more ethical and sustainable.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to theatres and VOD tomorrow, Friday, March 18:
THE TORCH
Director:
Jim Farrell
World Premiere:
Chicago 2019
About:
Guitar icon Buddy Guy reflects on his legacy and passes along the blues lessons he himself received from legends Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf to a phenom of the next generation.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to OVID.tv tomorrow, Thursday, March 17:
EL MAR LA MAR
Directors:
Joshua Bonnetta and JP Sniadecki
World Premiere:
Berlin 2017
Select Festivals:
New York, London, IDFA, Indielisboa, Dokfest Munich, Docaviv, Docs Against Gravity, AFI Docs, Camden, Chicago, Vienna, AFI Fest, San Francisco, Hong Kong
About:
An immersive exploration of life and death in a desert along the US/Mexico border.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to OVID.tv today, Wednesday, March 16:
CHINESE PORTRAIT
Director:
Xiaoshuai Wang
World Premiere:
Busan 2018
Select Festivals:
IDFA, MoMA Documentary Fortnight, CPH:DOX, True/False, Hong Kong Asian, Thessaloniki Doc
About:
A look at modern China through a series of artfully composed long shots of its people.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to OVID.tv today, Tuesday, March 15:
STEP UP TO THE PLATE
Director:
Paul Lacoste
World Premiere:
Berlin 2012
Select Festivals:
Seattle, Silverdocs, San Francisco
About:
Following the slow passing of the torch of a three-Michelin-star restaurant from father to son.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, March 15:
RIVETED: THE HISTORY OF JEANS
Director:
Anna Lee Strachan, Michael Bicks
World Premiere:
American Experience broadcast (February 2022)
About:
An exploration of the rich history of the iconic garment, the fabric on which the history of American culture and politics are writ large.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to HBO and HBO Max in two parts beginning tomorrow, Tuesday, March 15:
PHOENIX RISING
Director:
Amy Berg
World Premiere:
Sundance 2022
About:
Actress and activist Evan Rachel Wood takes her experience as a survivor of domestic violence to pursue justice, heal generational trauma, and reclaim her story in a culture that instinctively blames women. The film intimately charts her journey as she moves toward naming her infamous abuser for the first time.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to DVD tomorrow, Tuesday, March 15:
ENEMIES OF THE STATE
Director:
Sonia Kennebeck
World Premiere:
Tribeca 2020 (unscreened)
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Toronto, CPH:DOX, Calgary, Glasgow
About:
Everything is not as it seems for an American family that flees to Canada to protect their hacker son from US government persecution.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to theatres today, Friday, March 11:
A SONG FOR CESAR: BEWARE A MOVEMENT THAT SINGS
Director:
Abel Sanchez, Andres Alegria
World Premiere:
Mill Valley 2021
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Boulder, Sedona
About:
A unique and stimulating view of the life and legacy of American labor leader and civil rights activist Cesar Chavez and the farmworker movement he spearheaded.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
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