Ahead of its Fall release, the new trailer dropped for I Am Woman, the biopic film that tells the story of Helen Reddy, the Australian singer behind the 1971 megahit anthem “I Am Woman”.
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Watch Trailer for THE WAY I SEE IT, Documentary on Pres. Obama’s White House Photographer Pete Souza
The Way I See It Focus Features released the trailer for The Way I See It, the new documentary on former Chief White House Photographer Pete Souza’s time behind-the-scenes covering Presidents Barack Obama and Ronald Reagan.
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Indie Music Comedy TEENAGE BADASS Drops Trailer + Fall Release Date
Teenage Badass Teenage Badass, the independent music comedy film directed by Grant McCord that was supposed to have its world premiere at this year’s now cancelled 2020 SXSW will be released digitally on September 18 via Freestyle as exclusively reported by Deadline.
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Sundance Documentary CODED BIAS Gets Virtual Cinema Release in November
MIT researcher Joy Buolamwini in Coded Bias Director Shalini Kantayya’s feature documentary, Coded Bias, that premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival explores the fallout of MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini’s startling discovery that facial recognition does not see dark-skinned faces accurately. As part of a national Science on Screen initiative, Coded Bias will have a virtual cinema release starting at Museum of the Moving Image (MOMI) in Queens, New York (Two week run opening Wednesday 11/11) and Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline, MA (Two week run opening Friday 11/18).
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EPIX Docuseries “Enslaved” with Actor Samuel L. Jackson Premieres in Fall 2020
Samuel L. Jackson Actor Samuel L. Jackson will headline the new six-part docuseries Enslaved set to premiere September 14, 2020 at 10 P.M. ET/PT on EPIX. Enslaved sheds new light on 400 years of human trafficking from Africa to the New World. Based on a DNA test identifying his ancestral tribe, the series traces Jackson’s personal journey from the U.S. to Gabon for his induction into the Benga tribe, with rare and unprecedented access to secret ceremonies and local customs. Following its launch on EPIX, Enslaved will also premiere on CBC in Canada on Sunday, October 18 at 9 p.m. (9:30 NT).
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Mumbai Film Festival Postpones 2020 Edition
Due to the continuing global coronavirus crisis, and uncertainty over the reopening of cinemas in Mumbai, the Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI) has pushed the 22nd Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival to 2021. The festival will, however, be releasing its official selection of Indian films for the year later in August.
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Actress Sigourney Weaver to Narrate National Geographic Docuseries “Secrets of the Whales,”
Sigourney Weaver Award-winning actress Sigourney Weaver (“Alien,” “Avatar,” “Gorillas in the Mist”) will narrate the National Geographic docuseries Secrets of the Whales, which chronicles the whale way of life and their challenges and triumphs in an ever-changing ocean with renowned filmmaker and National Geographic Explorer-at-Large James Cameron serving as executive producer. Secrets of the Whales will premiere globally on National Geographic on Earth Day 2021 in 172 countries and 43 languages.
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Watch Trailer for Sebastian Junger’s “Blood on the Wall” Set to Premiere on National Geographic in September
‘Blood on the Wall’. Sinaloa man cleans guns. (Nick Quested) The new feature documentary, Blood on the Wall, from Academy Award nominee and best-selling author, journalist and filmmaker Sebastian Junger and Emmy-winning filmmaker Nick Quested, will premiere Wednesday, September 30, at 9/8c on National Geographic.
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Award Winning Documentary MR. SOUL! Sets Late August Release Date
On the set of SOUL!, Host Ellils Haizlip (middle) is surrounded by members of the J.C. WHITE SINGERS after their moving performance Before Oprah – before Arsenio – there was Mr. SOUL! Ellis Haizlip made television broadcast history with SOUL!, America’s first “black Tonight Show.” The documentary titled Mr. SOUL! which brilliantly profiles Haizlip is right on time given the subject with Black Lives Matter and the current state of our country and our communities addressing racism in a meaningful manner – Haizlip’s story and his inspiration is now even more important. Mr. SOUL! comes to theaters and cinemas across the nation through the virtual cinema platform starting August 28, 2020.
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Philippines-Set Thriller WATCH LIST Gets Late Summer Release Date
Watch List directed by Ben Rekhi The powerful, timely thriller Watch List, from Dark Star Pictures and Uncork’d Entertainment, arrives in virtual theaters on August 21 before an On Demand release on September 1.
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Supernatural Thriller WIDOW’S POINT Drops Trailer + Release Date
Widow’s Point Widow’s Point, Gregory Lamberson’s award-winning adaptation of the book of the same name, premieres on DVD and Digital in the USA and Canada September 1 via 101 Films.
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11 Films to Compete for New Directors Award at 68th San Sebastian Festival
Memory House (Casa de Antiguidades) directed by João Paulo Miranda Eleven films from Brazil, China, France, Ireland, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, South Korea, Spain, Russia, the United Kingdom and Vietnam will compete for the Kutxabank-New Directors Award at the 68th San Sebastian Festival, taking place from September 18 to 26.