Husband-and-wife helicopter news duo Marika Gerrard and Zoey Tur (known then as Bob) famous for capturing some of Los Angeles’ most epic breaking news stories recount the salacious details of their career in the Sundance documentary Whirlybird. Directed by Matt Yoka, the documentary film opens in selects theaters on Friday, August 6th (see below for theater listings).
Israeli filmmaker Ra’anan Alexandrowicz’s provocative new documentary on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, “The Viewing Booth,” opens at New York’s Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI) on Friday, August 6.
Ashley O’Shay’s award-winning documentary Unapologetic is a deep look into the Movement for Black Lives, told through the lens of two fierce leaders Janaé and Bella. The documentary film will be released into theaters starting on August 20 at the Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago as part of the programming for the re-opening of the theater. It will then open in New York the following week on August 27 and in Los Angeles on September 3, with a nationwide release in theaters and in virtual cinema.
Sony Pictures Classics released the official trailer for the “real-life art thriller” The Lost Leonardo, the documentary film on the Salvator Mundi, the most expensive painting ever sold at $450 million. Directed by Andreas Koefoed, the documentary which premiered at Tribeca Fest, opens in LA and NYC on Friday, August 13th, 2021.
Choreographer Bill T. Jones’s signature performance ballet “D-Man in the Water” is chronicled in the documentary Can You Bring It: Bill T. Jones and D-Man in the Waters co-directed by Rosalynde LeBlanc and Tom Hurwitz.
The HBO documentary Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage directed by Garret Price (“Love, Antosha”) tells the story of Woodstock 99, a three-day music festival promoted to echo unity and counterculture idealism of the original 1969 concert but instead devolved into riots, looting and sexual assaults. The grim outcome earned the event the infamous distinction of “the day the nineties died.”
Hulu released the trailer for the documentary series McCartney 3,2,1, a six-episode music series featuring intimate and revealing examinations of musical history from two living legends, Paul McCartney and super producer Rick Rubin. Directed by Emmy® Award-winning Zachary Heinzerling, all six episodes of McCartney 3,2,1 premiere Friday, July 16, on Hulu.
Netflix released the official trailer for their new documentary series “Naomi Osaka” which takes us inside the life of one of the world’s best tennis players. The documentary series spans a pivotal two years for the young tennis superstar, from the 2019 US Open through a tour of each of the Grand Slam tournaments as she not only works on her game, but also explores her roots and finds her voice.
All The Streets Are Silent, Jeremy Elkin’s acclaimed documentary on the collision between two vibrant subcultures- skateboarding and hip hop will open in theaters starting Friday, July 23, 2021.
Ahead of its world premiere at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival., Amazon Studios released the official trailer for the documentary “Val.” Directed by Leo Scott and Ting Poo, the documentary is compiled from thousands of hours of footage, including 16mm home movies shooting blockbuster movies like Top Gun and Batman Forever, much of it personally shot by Val Kilmer himself.
Directed by Patrick Forbes, the documentary The Phantom examines the case of 21 year old Carlos DeLuna who was arrested, and throughout his trial and subsequent imprisonment he protested his innocence, declaring that it was another Carlos who committed the crime. The prosecution insisted that this other Carlos was a “phantom’ and didn’t exist. The documentary which premiered at Tribeca Film Festival opened in theaters on Friday, June 2, 2021.
The short documentary film Junior directed by A.J. Wilhelm will play at the 2021 Maine International Film Festival. Featuring Jérôme “Junior” Simeon along with Ajayi Jackson, the film follows the acclaimed Haitian musician as he struggles to keep the beat of his passion alive.