Coming to DVD tomorrow, Tuesday, November 2:
THE HIDDEN LIFE OF TREES
Director:
Jörg Adolph
World Premiere:
German theatrical (January 2020)
Select Festivals:
Berlin, Bergen, Docville, Barcelona, Vancouver
About:
An immersive and eye-opening look at the scientific mechanisms behind forests.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to VOD tomorrow, Tuesday, November 2:
MISSING IN BROOKS COUNTY
Director:
Lisa Molomot, Jeff Bemiss
World Premiere:
Dallas Docufest 2020
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Double Exposure, United Nations Association, Hot Springs Doc, Rocky Mountain Women’s, Fargo, Salem, Sonoma, Thin Line, Cleveland, Annapolis, Ashland, Sarasota, RiverRun, Mountainfilm
About:
The deadly consequences of America’s immigration policy are revealed in a Texan border town.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to PBS’s POV today, Monday, November 1:
NORTH BY CURRENT
Director:
Angelo Madsen Minax
World Premiere:
Berlin 2021
Select Festivals:
Tribeca, Sheffield, Krakow, Melbourne, AFI Docs, Camden, Frameline, Outfest, Sidewalk, Freep, Doclisboa, Montclair
About:
In this personal essay about motherhood, grieving, and transgender masculinity, the unexplained death of his niece leads the director back to his family.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to theatres today, Friday, October 29:
SPEER GOES TO HOLLYWOOD
Director:
Vanessa Lapa
World Premiere:
Berlin 2020
Select Festivals:
Telluride, Moscow, Jerusalem
About:
How high-ranking Nazi Albert Speer was able to rewrite his past.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to theatres and VOD today, Friday, October 29:
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 theatres tomorrow, Friday, October 29:
BULLETPROOF
Director:
Todd Chandler
World Premiere:
SXSW 2020 (unscreened)
Select Festivals:
Hot Docs, IDFA, Dokufest, Camden, Philadelphia, DOK Leipzig, Jihlava, Doclisboa, Maryland, Tempo Doc, Melbourne, DMZ Docs
About:
A provocative exploration of fear and American violence that interrogates what it means to be safe in school in the United States.
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Coming to theatres tomorrow, Friday, October 29:
ATTICA
Director:
Stanley Nelson, Traci Curry
World Premiere:
Toronto 2021
Select Festivals:
Hot Springs Doc, Montclair
About:
An examination of the largest prison uprising in US history through dozens of new interviews with inmates, journalists, and other witnesses.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
New to VOD this week:
THE CAPOTE TAPES
Director:
Ebs Burnough
World Premiere:
Toronto 2019
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Hamptons, Rio, Provincetown, Docs Against Gravity, RiverRun
About:
Using audio recordings, animation, and new on-camera interviews with people who knew him, the film explores the impact of Truman Capote’s explosive final, unfinished novel.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Now on AppleTV:
RED HEAVEN
Director:
Lauren DeFilippo, Katherine Gorringe
World Premiere:
SXSW 2020 (unscreened)
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Hot Docs, Big Sky Doc, Fargo, Thin Line
About:
In this prescient exploration of self-imposed quarantine, six volunteers embark on a one-year mission in a Mars simulation to further research for space exploration.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to PBS’s POV today, Monday, October 18:
THINGS WE DARE NOT DO
Director:
Bruno Santamaría
World Premiere:
Hot Docs 2020
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, IDFA, DocPoint, DMZ Docs, Lima, FICUNAM, BelDocs, Docs Againat Gravity, DOK.Fest München
About:
An ephemeral profile of a Mexican teenager on the cusp of adulthood, conflicted between the desire to express their true sexuality and the expectations of family.
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