Festival:
The 47th Toronto International Film Festival
Dates:
September 8-18
About:
This world-class Fall cinema event returns closer to its pre-pandemic numbers, offering 30 feature docs or hybrids among its approximately 200 presentations.
Toronto 2022: Documentary Overview
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On DVD: FREDDIE MERCURY: THE FINAL ACT
Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, September 6:
FREDDIE MERCURY: THE FINAL ACT
Director:
James Rogan
World Premiere:
BBC broadcast (November 2021)
About:
Set against a backdrop of relationship highs, personal lows, and the Queen catalogue, the extraordinary final chapter of Freddie Mercury’s life.
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On VOD: OUR AMERICAN FAMILY
Coming to VOD today, Tuesday, September 6:
OUR AMERICAN FAMILY
Director:
Hallee Adelman, Sean King O’Grady
World Premiere:
Woodstock 2021
Select Festivals:
Philadelphia
About:
An honest, unfiltered look at a close-knit Philadelphia family dealing with generational substance abuse.
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Streaming: THE RACE OF THE CENTURY
Coming to Netflix’s UNTOLD series tomorrow, Tuesday, September 6:
THE RACE OF THE CENTURY
Director:
Chapman Way, Maclain Way
World Premiere:
Netflix (September 2022)
About:
The Australia II yacht crew looks back on the motivation, dedication, and innovation that led to their historic victory at the 1983 America’s Cup.
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On TV: NO ORDINARY LIFE
Coming to CNN tonight, Monday, September 5:
NO ORDINARY LIFE
Director:
Heather O’Neill
World Premiere:
Tribeca 2021
Select Festivals:
Hamptons DocFest
About:
A spotlight on the esteemed careers of five courageous camera women who thrust themselves into dangerous circumstances—wars, calamities, and uprisings—to bear witness and give a platform to the most vulnerable.
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On TV: LOVE & STUFF
Coming to PBS’s POV tonight, Monday, September 5:
LOVE & STUFF
Director:
Judith Helfand
Co-Director:
David Cohen
World Premiere:
Hot Docs 2020
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, New York Jewish, Docudays UA
About:
Faced with the loss of her beloved mother and becoming a first-time mom herself, the filmmaker has a lot of stuff to deal with.
The film screened at DOC NYC, for which our program notes read:
In less than a year, filmmaker Judith Helfand goes through two major life moments: losing her beloved mother, Florence, and becoming a mom herself. As Judith prepares to welcome her adopted daughter, Theo, into her life, she must deal with literal and figurative “stuff:” endless boxes of her parents’ belongings, the promise she made to Florence to lose weight, reckoning with first-time motherhood at the age of 50, and moving on without her mother to help guide her.
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Streaming: PRIMERA
Coming to HBO Max this Sunday, September 4:
PRIMERA
Director:
Vee Bravo
World Premiere:
Tribeca 2021
Select Festivals:
Hot Docs, OneWorld, SANFIC, Valparaiso
About:
An exploration of how a rising resistance movement—led by student protesters, activists, street artists, and community leaders—fought back against the Chilean government’s oppressive policies and militaristic implementation of force.
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On TV/VOD: MCENROE
Coming to Showtime on Demand today, Friday, September 2 and to Showtime this Sunday, September 4:
MCENROE
Director:
Barney Douglas
World Premiere:
Tribeca 2022
About:
Legendary “bad boy of tennis” John McEnroe finally tells his side of his storied career and famously hot-tempered performances on the court.
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On VOD: KAEPERNICK & AMERICA
Coming to VOD tomorrow, Friday, September 2:
KAEPERNICK & AMERICA
Director:
Tommy Walker, Ross Hockrow
World Premiere:
Seattle 2022
Select Festivals:
Tribeca, Traverse City, Montreal Black
About:
An exploration of the political hysteria around the enigmatic quarterback’s fateful decision to protest, putting him at the center of an ever-exploding culture war.
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In Theatres: LOVING HIGHSMITH
Coming to theatres tomorrow, Friday, September 2:
LOVING HIGHSMITH
Director:
Eva Vitija
World Premiere:
Solothurner 2022
Select Festivals:
Locarno, Docaviv, Biografilm, Outfest, Provincetown, Sydney
About:
Her thrilling best-sellers were adapted into hit films, but in her previously unpublished private journals, Patricia Highsmith is revealed as a woman who had to keep her love for women out of sight and away from her family.
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