Coming to The WORLD Channel’s America ReFramed tomorrow, Tuesday, June 1:
THE FALCONER
Director:
Annie Kaempfer
World Premiere:
Mill Valley 2020
Select Festivals:
Big Sky Doc, BendFilm, Thin Line, Washington DC Environmental, Atlanta
About:
A portrait of one of the few African-American falconers in the United States, as he passes on his love of the sport to the next generation.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to DVD tomorrow, Tuesday, June 1:
STRAY
Director:
Elizabeth Lo
World Premiere:
Tribeca 2020 (unscreened)
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Hot Docs, London, Bergen, RIDM, Stockholm, San Diego Asian
About:
A dogs’-eye view of Istanbul.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to CNN tonight, Monday, May 31:
DREAMLAND: THE BURNING OF BLACK WALL STREET
Director:
Salima Koroma
World Premiere:
CNN broadcast (May 2021)
About:
An exploration of the history of the Black cultural renaissance that existed in the Greenwood district of Tulsa OK, and the race massacre of late May and June 1921 that that left an indelible, though too-long ignored, stain on American history.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to PBS tonight, Monday, May 31:
TULSA: THE FIRE AND THE FORGOTTEN
Director:
Jonathan Silvers
World Premiere:
Human Rights Watch online preview (April-May 2021)
About:
An examination of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre on the 100th anniversary of the crime and in the context of other racial massacres and police killings.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to theatres today, Friday, May 28:
AHEAD OF THE CURVE
Director:
Jen Rainin
Co-Director:
Rivkah Beth Medow
World Premiere:
Frameline 2020
Select Festivals:
NewFest, Outfest, Image+Nation, Athena, Cleveland
About:
A triumphant chronicle of historic lesbian publication Curve Magazine and its trailblazing founder.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to theatres today, Friday, May 28:
FIVE YEARS NORTH
Director:
Zach Ingrasci, Chris Temple
World Premiere:
Full Frame 2020 (unscreened)
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Seattle, Mountainfilm
About:
An exploration of the complexity of the immigration debate through the stories of an undocumented Guatemalan teenager and a Cuban-American ICE agent.
The film screened as part of DOC NYC, for which our program notes read:
After making the dangerous journey from his native Guatemala to New York City, 15-year-old Luis struggles to balance attending school and finding work to support his family back home. Meanwhile, Judy, a Cuban-American ICE agent, faces her own internal conflict with the shifting enforcement priorities of her longtime career, from targeting criminals to nonviolent undocumented individuals. As these two worlds near a collision, their parallel tales present a complex and nuanced take on both immigration and civic duty.
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Coming to theatres today, Friday, May 28:
SWIMMING OUT TILL THE SEA TURNS BLUE
Director:
Jia Zhangke
World Premiere:
Berlin 2020
Select Festivals:
New York, IDFA, Thessaloniki Doc, Docs Against Gravity, Busan, San Diego Asian
About:
Three prominent Chinese authors create a tapestry of testimonies about the drastic changes in Chinese life and culture that began with the social revolution of the 1950s.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to theatres and to VOD tomorrow, Friday, May 28:
MOBY DOC
Director:
Rob Gordon Bralver
World Premiere:
Theatrical/VOD release (May 2021)
About:
An idiosyncratic portrait of the musician and activist Moby.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to NYC’s IFC Center tomorrow, Friday, May 28:
DEREK DELGAUDIO’S IN & OF ITSELF
Director:
Frank Oz
World Premiere:
SXSW 2020 (unscreened)
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Montclair, Philadelphia
About:
The illusionist’s acclaimed one-man show.
I previously wrote about the film here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to Discovery+ tomorrow, Thursday, May 27:
APOCALYPSE ’45
Director:
Erik Nelson
World Premiere:
USS Intrepid/Pearl Harbor screenings (August 2020)
About:
Two dozen veterans recount the last months of combat in the Pacific theater of World War II.
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