Coming to theatres today, Friday, November 5:
COURAGE
Director:
Aliaksei Paluyan
World Premiere:
Berlin 2021
Select Festivals:
CPH:DOX, Visions du Réel, Hot Docs, Fajr, Krakow, Sheffield, Dokufest
About:
In the course of the 2020 Belarussian presidential elections, an underground theatre group takes part in peaceful mass protests, narrowly escaping arrest and torture.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to theatres tomorrow, Friday, November 12:
NO STRAIGHT LINES: THE RISE OF QUEER COMICS
Director:
Vivian Kleiman
World Premiere:
Tribeca 2021
Select Festivals:
Sheffield, AFI Docs, Frameline, Outfest, Heartland, BendFilm, GlobeDocs
About:
A profile of five pioneers of queer comedy, as they tackle everything from the AIDS crisis and workplace discrimination to the search for love and a good haircut.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to Amazon Prime Video tomorrow, Friday, November 12:
MAYOR PETE
Director:
Jesse Moss
World Premiere:
Chicago 2021
Select Festivals:
NewFest, Philadelphia, Virginia, Heartland
About:
A look at Pete Buttigieg’s campaign to be the first openly gay US president.
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Coming to theatres this Friday, November 12:
PAPER & GLUE
Director:
JR
World Premiere:
Tribeca 2021
Select Festivals:
Hamptons, Camden, Montclair, Mill Valley, Philadelphia
About:
From the favelas of Rio de Janeiro to the US-Mexico border to the courtyard of a supermax prison, JR’s large-scale photomurals have turned some of the most provocative spaces of the world into eye-catching immersive art that challenges perspectives and unites communities.
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Coming to OVID.tv tomorrow, Thursday, November 11:
DELPHINE’S PRAYERS
Director:
Rosine Mbakam
World Premiere:
Cinéma du Réel 2021
Select Festivals:
True/False, Documentary Fortnight, Jihlava, Indielisboa, DOXA, Sheffield, Dokufest, Open City
About:
A portrait of a young Cameroonian girl who exposes the patriarchy and colonialism that continues to suppress African women.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to YouTube this Thursday, November 11:
TOM PETTY: SOMEWHERE YOU FEEL FREE
Director:
Mary Wharton
World Premiere:
SXSW 2021
Select Festivals:
Boulder, Melbourne
About:
An intimate view of a musical icon, drawn from a newly discovered archive of 16mm film showing Tom Petty at work on his acclaimed 1994 album WILDFLOWERS.
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Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, November 9:
TINA
Director:
Dan Lindsay, TJ Martin
World Premiere:
Berlin 2021
Select Festivals:
Glasgow
About:
On the life and career of iconic performer Tina Turner.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
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Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, November 9:
MUHAMMAD ALI
Director:
Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon
World Premiere:
PBS broadcast (September 2021)
About:
A four-part docuseries providing an in-depth look at the life of the legendary boxer, activist, and philanthropist.
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Coming to VOD tomorrow, Tuesday, November 9:
THE DILEMMA OF DESIRE
Director:
Maria Finitzo
World Premiere:
SXSW 2020 (unscreened)
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Hot Docs, AFI Docs, St Louis, Docs Against Gravity, Raindance, Woodstock, Doclands
About:
An exploration of the clash between the external power of gender politics and the equally powerful imperative of female sexual desire.
The film previously screened at DOC NYC, for which our program notes read:
In this timely and radical film about female desire, gender politics, and sexuality, director Maria Finitzo invites us to share intimate conversations with women on a mission to reverse a patriarchal legacy that excludes female empowerment through omissions and distortions. Sophia Wallace’s artwork on “cliteracy” acts as a powerful framing device as the film explores such issues as the lack of clitoral details in anatomy books, the need for redesigning toys for female pleasure, and the use of one’s own body as an act of resistance.
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Coming to PBS’s Independent Lens today, Monday, November 8:
FERGUSON RISES
Director:
Mobolaji Olambiwonnu
World Premiere:
Tribeca 2021
About:
Six years after the fatal shooting of an unarmed Michael Brown Jr by a white police officer, and the subsequent days of protest, a new portrait of the community of Ferguson.
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