Coming to VOD this Friday, December 3:
LOVE IT WAS NOT
Director:
Maya Sarfaty
World Premiere:
Docaviv 2020
Select Festivals:
IDFA, Hot Docs
About:
The unbelievable and tragic love story of Helena, a young Jewish prisoner in Auschwitz, and Austrian SS officer Franz Wunsch.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to theatres this Friday, December 3:
TRY HARDER!
Director:
Debbie Lum
World Premiere:
Sundance 2021
Select Festivals:
Nantucket, AFI Docs, Full Frame, CAAMFest, Milwaukee, Provincetown, Los Angeles Asian Pacific, Philadelphia, Virginia
About:
The graduating class of a competitive San Francisco High School is followed through its harrowing college application process.
I previously wrote about the doc before Sundance here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to theatres this Thursday, December 2:
SO LATE SO SOON
Director:
Daniel Hymanson
World Premiere:
True/False 2020
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Cleveland, Big Sky Doc, Indie Memphis
About:
An exploration of the artistic process and life of a long-married couple.
The film screened at DOC NYC, for which our program notes read:
An intimate portrait of the energetic and beautifully eccentric Chicago-based artists Jackie Seiden and Don Seiden, married for five decades. Director Daniel Hymanson follows the couple over time while they face their impending fragility with raw honesty and eerie elegance. Graciously shot, the documentary offers a privileged window into their art making, domesticity, frictions, and the ultimate project of aging and caring for each other.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to HBO and HBO Max tomorrow, Wednesday, December 1:
ADRIENNE
Director:
Andy Ostroy
World Premiere:
DOC NYC 2021
About:
The death of acclaimed actress-filmmaker-screenwriter Adrienne Shelly sends her husband on a search for answers.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to DVD tomorrow, Tuesday, November 30:
KEYBOARD FANTASIES: THE BEVERLY GLENN-COPELAND STORY
Director:
Posy Dixon
World Premiere:
Doc’n Roll 2019
Select Festivals:
New Orleans, Frameline, Indielisboa, Melbourne Doc, Thessaloniki Doc, BFI Flare, Calgary Underground
About:
After three decades of releasing album after album in relative obscurity, a Black transgender trailblazing musician finally finds success at the age of 74.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to Netflix today, Monday, November 29:
14 PEAKS: NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE
Director:
Torquil Jones
World Premiere:
DOC NYC 2021
About:
In 2019, Nepalese mountain climber Nirmal “Nims” Purja set out to do the unthinkable by climbing the world’s fourteen highest summits in less than seven months.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
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
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