Coming to PBS’s Independent Lens today, Monday, January 2:
CHILDREN OF LAS BRISAS
Director:
Marianela Maldonado
World Premiere:
Sheffield 2022
Select Festivals:
DMZ Docs, DOC NYC
About:
Nine years in the lives of young Venezuelans whose musical talent offer a chance for them to escape poverty.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to VOD tomorrow, Tuesday, January 3:
SIRENS
Director:
Rita Baghdadi
World Premiere:
Sundance 2022
Select Festivals:
True/False, CPH:DOX, Hot Docs, Thessaloniki Doc, BFI Flare, Cleveland, Sun Valley, Florida, BAFICI, Krakow, Guadalajara, Sydney, Frameline, Outfest, BAMcinemaFest
About:
On the outskirts of Beirut, Lilas and Shery, co-founders and guitarists of the Middle East’s first all-female metal band, wrestle with friendship, sexuality, and destruction in their pursuit of becoming thrash metal rock stars.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to CNN this Sunday, January 1:
DIONNE WARWICK: DON’T MAKE ME OVER
Director:
Dave Wooley, David Heilbroner
World Premiere:
Toronto 2021
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Montclair, Santa Barbara, Annapolis
About:
In this career-spanning portrait, richly illustrated with vintage musical performances, Dionne Warwick is a marvelous raconteur sharing candid stories behind her hit songs.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to VOD this Sunday, January 1:
MCCURRY: THE PURSUIT OF COLOUR
Director:
Denis Delestrac
World Premiere:
DOC NYC 2021
Select Festivals:
Glasgow, Málaga, Docs Against Gravity
About:
Travel the world through Steve McCurry’s eyes and discover what these journeys can teach us about our place in the universe.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to HBO Max this Friday, December 30:
THIS PLACE RULES
Director:
Andrew Callaghan
World Premiere:
HBO Max (December 2022)
About:
A gonzo style investigation into the undercurrents that led to the January 6 Capitol insurrection.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to theatres this Friday, December 30:
TURN EVERY PAGE: THE ADVENTURES OF ROBERT CARO AND ROBERT GOTTLIEB
Director:
Lizzie Gottlieb
World Premiere:
Tribeca 2022
Select Festivals:
Philadelphia, Hot Springs Doc, Hawai’i, AFI Fest, Palm Springs
About:
An exploration of the remarkable 50-year relationship between two literary legends, writer Robert Caro and his longtime editor Robert Gottlieb.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to VOD today, Tuesday, December 27:
BROADWAY RISING
Director:
Amy Rice
World Premiere:
Tribeca 2022
About:
Charting the Broadway community’s journey from the almost overnight shut down due to the pandemic to the paths essential theater workers took on their road back to the stage.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to Amazon Prime Video this Friday, December 30:
WILDCAT
Director:
Melissa Lesh, Trevor Beck Frost
World Premiere:
Telluride 2022
Select Festivals:
IDFA, Montclair, Heartland, St Louis, Hawai’i, AFI Fest
About:
A British war vet crippled by depression and PTSD attempts to find healing by raising an orphaned baby ocelot to maturity deep in the Peruvian jungle.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to PBS’s American Masters tomorrow, Tuesday, December 27:
GROUCHO & CAVETT
Director:
Robert S Bader
World Premiere:
Hamptons 2022
About:
A portrait of the enduring friendship between television personality Dick Cavett and his mentor, iconic comedian Groucho Marx.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
New to VOD this week:
THE SUPER 8 YEARS
Director:
David Ernaux-Briot, Annie Ernaux
World Premiere:
Cannes 2022
Select Festivals:
New York, IDFA, Busan, Zurich, São Paulo, Rome, Ji.hlava
About:
Super 8 films, shot between 1972 and 1981, reveal not only a family archive but a testimony to the pastimes, lifestyle, and aspirations of a social class in the decade after 1968.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
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