20 years in the making, artist and director Annie Berman’s documentary “The Faithful: The King, The Pope, The Princess” on the popularity of cultural icons – Elvis, Princess Diana, and Pope John Paul II, opens in New York during Elvis Week on Friday, August 13 at Maysles Documentary Center.
Directed by Nicholas Bruckman’s (La Americana), the SWSW award-winning documentary Not Going Quietly, debuted the official trailer ahead of the release in theaters on August 12.
Greenwich Entertainment will release the NEEDTOBREATHE documentary “Into The Mystery” directed by Chris Phelps this fall, following the band’s massive 38 city tour across the United States.
Directed by Peter Mortimer and Nick Rosen, The Alpinist, the documentary on Canadian solo rock climber Marc-André Leclerc opens in U.S. theaters on September 10th, 2021, with a one-night-only Fathom events premiere on September 7.
With Anderson Cooper (Anderson Cooper 360⁰) introducing, CNN will air an anthology of four documentary short films during two Saturdays in July and August.
Tom Surgal takes us on a trip back in time in Fire Music exploring the free jazz movement during the late 20th century while also including archival footage from artists. The film opens theatrically in New York on Friday, September 10th and Los Angeles on September 17th with a national release to follow.
HBO released the new teaser for Music Box documentary series, a collection of documentary films created by Bill Simmons exploring pivotal moments in the music world. Each episode in the series is helmed by a different director kicking off with Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage on July 23.
The official trailer debuted for Bring Your Own Brigade, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Lucy Walker’s documentary that captures the horror and heroism of the deadliest week of wildfires in California history. Bring Your Own Brigade opens in theaters on August 6 and begin streaming on CBSN and Paramount + on August 20.
The award winning and critically acclaimed documentary Mr. SOUL! directed by Melissa Haizlip will premiere on HBO Max on August 1, 2021.
Showtime released the trailer for UFO, the docu-series directed by Mark Monroe (Icarus) and Paul Crowder (Riding Giants), from J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot and Glen Zipper, premiering on Sunday, August 8 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
Greenwich Entertainment will release Ronnie’s, the documentary on the life of jazz musician and business owner Ronnie Scott that premiered at DOC NYC. Greenwich will release the film early next year.
In Balanchine’s Classroom, the documentary film on famed ballet choreographer George Balanchine by Connie Hochman, will open at Film Forum in New York City on September 17, and in Los Angeles at Laemmle Royal, Playhouse 7 and Town Center on September 24. Other cities will follow.