Coming to HBO and HBO Max tomorrow Tuesday, November 30:
LIFE OF CRIME 1984-2020
Director:
Jon Alpert
World Premiere:
Venice 2021
About:
Over a thirty-six year period, this film follows Rob, Freddie, and Deliris on a relentless ride through the streets and prisons of Newark, New Jersey’s largest city.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to Showtime today, Friday, November 26:
CUSP
Director:
Parker Hill, Isabel Bethencourt
World Premiere:
Sundance 2021
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Camden, AFI Docs, Stockholm
About:
An intimate chronicle of the lives of three teenage girls in a Texas military town.
I previously wrote about the doc before Sundance here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to Amazon Prime Video today, Friday, November 26:
BURNING
Director:
Eva Orner
World Premiere:
Toronto 2021
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Sydney, Heartland, Hot Springs Doc
About:
A look at the devastating fires in Australia and the lack of political will to address climate change.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to theatres and VOD today, Friday, November 26:
LADY BUDS
Director:
Chris J Russo
World Premiere:
Hot Docs 2021
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Outfest, Mill Valley, Seattle Queer, Denver, Docs Mx
About:
From a Latinx LGBTQ activist to a Black Catholic school principal, six small businesswomen hit California’s newly legal cannabis trade, but struggle as aggressive regulations upend the market.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to theatres today, Friday, November 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
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.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to MUBI tomorrow, Friday, November 26:
THE WITCHES OF THE ORIENT
Director:
Julien Faraut
World Premiere:
Rotterdam 2021
Select Festivals:
Documentary Fortnight, Jeonju, Midnight Sun
About:
United by their jobs in a textile factory, a Japanese women’s volleyball team chases absolute perfection—and finds international superstardom—representing postwar Japan on the 1964 Olympic stage.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to theatres tomorrow, Friday, November 26:
LIKE A ROLLING STONE: THE LIFE & TIMES OF BEN FONG-TORRES
Director:
Suzanne Joe Kai
World Premiere:
Tribeca 2021
Select Festivals:
Los Angeles Asian Pacific, San Diego Asian, Heartland
About:
An intimate profile of the Rolling Stone writer and editor, who defined the cultural zeitgeist of the 1960s and ’70s.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to Apple TV+ tomorrow, Friday, November 26:
‘TWAS THE FIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS
Director:
Becky Read
World Premiere:
Apple TV+ (November 2021)
About:
The story of a North Idaho neighborhood turned upside down when one man’s obsession with bringing Christmas cheer to all runs afoul of the local home owners’ association.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to HBO and HBO Max tomorrow, Thursday, November 25:
DMX: DON’T TRY TO UNDERSTAND
Director:
Christopher Frierson
Co-Director:
Clark Slater
World Premiere:
DOC NYC 2021
About:
Hip-hop icon DMX returns from a recent stint in prison determined to reignite his career, but his comeback proves ill-fated when faced with the mounting pressures of fatherhood, faith, and addiction.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to Discovery+ today, Wednesday, November 24:
KEEP SWEET
Director:
Don Argott
World Premiere:
Discovery+ (November 2021)
About:
A decade after the scandalous downfall of their religious leader, his followers attempt to rebuild their community.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
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