A-ha: The Movie, the story of the 1980s Norwegian trio’s hit Take On Me, and its impact on the synth-pop musical landscape by Thomas Robsham will open the SIFF’s first-ever DocFest at the historic SIFF Cinema Egyptian in Seattle, Washington.
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FRUITS OF LABOR Trailer. Touching SXSW Coming-of-Age Documentary on a Mexican-American Teen
Ashley in the strawberry fields. | Credit: Documentary still from FRUITS OF LABOR Check out the new trailer for Fruits of Labor, Emily Cohen Ibañez’s Mexican-American coming-of-age documentary, set to Broadcast Premiere on October 4th on PBS’s POV. The film follows a Mexican-American teenage farmworker who dreams of graduating high school, when ICE raids in her community threaten to separate her family and force her to become her family’s breadwinner. Fruits of Labor made its World Premiere at the 2021 SXSW Film Festival.
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Watch First Clip for BEBA, Rebeca Huntt’s Deeply Personal Documentary Memoir of an Afro-Latina
Beba directed by Rebeca Huntt First-time feature filmmaker Rebeca “Beba” Huntt debuted the first look – clip from her remarkable coming-of-age documentary/cinematic memoir BEBA premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival. In the film, Beba reflects on her childhood and adolescence in New York City as the daughter of a Dominican father and Venezuelan mother and can be best described as “a courageous, deeply human self-portrait of an Afro-Latina artist hungry for knowledge and yearning for connection.”
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Watch Teaser Trailer for THE DEVIL’S DRIVERS – Documentary on Palestinian Smugglers Helping Workers Cross the Border for Work
The Devil’s Drivers directed by Mohammed Abugeth and Daniel Carsenty Here is the first look – teaser trailer for The Devil’s Drivers, a new documentary world premiering at Toronto International Film Festival that follows Palestinian smugglers on high-speed trips to help workers cross the border.
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JACINTA, Award-winning Documentary on Love, Family and Addiction Premieres on Hulu and in Theaters in October
Jacinta directed by Jessica Earnshaw Jacinta, a powerful and intimate documentary from director, Jessica Earnshaw will premiere on Hulu and in select theaters on October 8. The film following a young woman who struggles to find stability amid years of addiction and reconnect with the daughter she left behind earned its director, Jessica Earnshaw, the award for Best New Documentary Director at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival. It has continued an impressive festival run at DOC NYC, AFI Fest, IDFA, the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival (Best Documentary), and more.
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Talia Lugacy’s THIS IS NOT A WAR STORY Gets a Fall Release via OneFifty and HBO Max
This Is Not a War Story WarnerMedia OneFifty and HBO Max have partnered to acquire Talia Lugacy’s independent feature This Is Not a War Story for a tentative release date in November 2021. Lugacy wrote, directed, edited, produced, and starred in the film. The film also features Sam Adegoke, Danny Ramirez, Brian Delate, and Frances Fisher.
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Watch First Trailer for COMALA, Gian Cassini’s Documentary on Personal Journey in Search of His Absent Father
Comala directed by Gian Cassini Filmmaker Gian Cassini revealed the first look trailer for his debut documentary Comala set to World Premiere at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival. The captivating and daring true-crime odyssey follows the director on his personal journey in search for his absent father, discovering the ghosts of Mexico’s failed war on drugs along the way.
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FERGUSON RISES, Tribeca Award Wining Documentary Opens in Theaters on September 17
Ferguson Rises directed by Mobolaji Olambiwonnu 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.
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FIRE MUSIC Trailer. Documentary Tribute to the Free Jazz Movement, Opens in Theaters on September 10
Sun Ra 1968. Fire Music directed by Tom Surgal (Photo ©Baron Wolman) 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.
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Watch the Trailer for THREE MINUTES — A LENGTHENING. Bianca Stigter’s Documentary on a Lost Jewish Community Captured on Film
Townspeople of the predominantly Jewish village of Nasielsk, Poland in 1938 as seen in Bianca Stigter’s Three Minutes – A Lengthening. Image courtesy of Family Affair Films, © US Holocaust Memorial Museum 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.
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THE RESCUE Trailer. Documentary on 2018 Thailand Cave Rescue Opens in Theaters in October
The Rescue (National Geographic) 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.
