Directed by Mobolaji Olambiwonnu the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival audience award winner Ferguson Rises goes deep into the aftermath and protests following the killing of unarmed Black teen Michael Brown Jr. by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. The documentary produced by David Oyelewo and Jessica Oyelowo, opens September 17th at the Laemmle Monica Film Center.
Ahead of the release in theaters starting September 10, the official trailer dropped for Fire Music, filmmaker Tom Surgal’s documentary tribute to the Free Jazz Movement.
Bianca Stigter’s ” Three Minutes – A Lengthening” narrated by Helena Bonham Carter is described as a haunting documentary essay that expands upon film’s place in history. Co-produced by Steve McQueen, the documentary world premieres at the 2021 Venice International Film Festival on September 4 and will receive its Canadian premiere at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival in mid-September.
Following the world premiere at the 2021 Telluride Film Festival this weekend, National Geographic Documentary Films and Greenwich Entertainment will release The Rescue, the latest film from award-winning directing duo E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin exclusively in theaters on October 8, 2021.
Oaxacalifornia: The Return (Oaxacalifornia: El regreso), the fifth feature film by acclaimed English-born Mexican director Trisha Ziff (The Mexican Suitcase, The Man Who Saw Too Much), will have its U.S. premiere at the 2021 edition of the New York Latino Film Festival, taking place September 14 to 19. Additionally, the film will also be screening at the Milwaukee Film “Cinema Without Borders” series, the AFI Latin American Film Festival in Washington D.C., and the Portland Latino Film Festival.
Becoming Cousteau, the new documentary on legendary oceanographer Jacques Cousteau from director Liz Garbus (“The Farm: Angola, USA,” “What Happened, Miss Simone?”) will open in theaters on Friday, Oct. 22. Boasting never-before-seen footage, Becoming Cousteau will have its world premiere at the 2021 Telluride Film Festival.
The documentary feature film “Desert One” from two time Academy Award-winning director Barbara Kopple (“Harlan County USA,” “American Dream”) will premiere on The History Channel on Sunday, September 12th at 8pm ET/PT.
National Geographic released the official trailer Fauci, the new documentary on Dr. Anthony Fauci, M.D., the nation’s top infectious disease expert and celebrated public servant.
The new official trailer debuted for the documentary My Name Is Pauli Murray, profiling the remarkable Pauli Murray, whose legacy as one of the 20th Century’s great human rights activists and legal scholars finally gets the attention it deserves. My Name Is Pauli Murray will be released in theaters on September 17th, 2021 and on Prime Video on October 1st, 2021.
Three new documentaries from award-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen (Hunger, 12 Years a Slave) – Uprising, Black Power: A British Story of Resistance and Subnormal: A British Scandal will premiere on Friday, September 17 on Amazon Prime Video in the U.S. and Canada.
Apple TV+ released the trailer for The Velvet Underground, Todd Haynes documentary on one of rock ’n’ roll’s most revered bands that closed the Perlak lineup of 2021 San Sebastian Festival. The documentary, the first major film to tell the band’s legendary story, will be released in theaters and on Apple TV+ on October 15.
Greenwich Entertainment released the official trailer for Man In The Field: The Life And Art Of Jim Denevan, the documentary profiling the artist, chef and founder of Outstanding in the Field. Directed by Patrick Trefz, the documentary film will be released in theaters and on VOD on September 24th.