Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s debut film Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), winner of both the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award at Sundance Film Festival will be released in theaters and streaming on Hulu in the U.S. on July 2, 2021.
First Run Features will release the award-winning documentary feature Los Hermanos / The Brothers in theaters nationwide (via a mix of in-person and virtual cinema runs) starting May 14.
Neutrogena® released the trailer for the documentary short, titled “In the Sun,” Executive Produced by Emmy Award Winning Actress Kerry Washington. “In the Sun” is the first release from the facial skincare brand’s content studio, Neutrogena Studios.
Mexican-Argentine filmmaker Luciana Kaplan (Eufrosina´s Revolution; Rush Hour) is set to return to Toronto’s Hot Docs International Documentary Film Festival for the highly-anticipated international premiere of her latest documentary The Spokeswoman (La vocera), a captivating and personal campaign-trail portrait of María de Jesús Patricio, better known as Marichuy, the first indigenous woman to run for president in Mexico’s 2018 election.
MTV Documentary Films’ Academy Award® nominated short subject documentary Hunger Ward from director Skye Fitzgerald chronicling Yemen’s devastating humanitarian crisis and the disproportionate impact on its children, will be released on Paramount+ this Friday, April 2nd.
Perfectly coinciding with International Transgender Day of Visibility, the official trailer debuted today for the ground breaking documentary, The Sound Of Identity, winner of the 2020 Outshine Film Festival’s prestigious Programmers Award of Excellence. Shout! Studios will release the documentary film on digital and on demand on June 1, 2021, timed with the kick off of global Pride Month celebrations.
Yes Studios, the Tel Aviv-based producer and distributor, unveiled a first look trailer for their new feature documentary film Dirty Tricks which will hold its world premiere at the upcoming Hot Docs Festival in the prestigious “Special Presentation” section.
Acclaimed film composer Matthew Herbert is the subject of the new documentary A Symphony of Noise from award-winning director Enrique Sánchez Lansch (Rhythm Is It!) world premiering at CPH:DOX Copenhagen International Film Festival (April 21 – May 12) in the Sound & Vision section.
HBO Max debuted the trailer for the Mark Wahlberg documentary series Wahl Street, premiering April 15.
With exclusive access into one of New York City’s hardest-hit hospitals, the documentary The First Wave spotlights the everyday heroes at the epicenter of COVID-19 as they come together to fight one of the greatest threats the world has ever encountered. Directed by Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award winner Matthew Heineman (“Cartel Land,” “City of Ghosts”), Neon will release the film in theaters later this year prior to a broadcast premiere on National Geographic in 172 countries and 43 languages worldwide.
In celebration of Earth Day 2021, Apple TV+ will debut “The Year Earth Changed,” an original documentary special narrated by Emmy and BAFTA Award-winning broadcaster David Attenborough, along with the second seasons of documentary series “Tiny World” and “Earth At Night In Color.” Set to premiere globally in more than 100 countries on April 16, 2021, each of these groundbreaking originals will captivate and inspire viewers to herald Earth Day, the world’s largest annual environmental movement.
Greenwich Entertainment will release The Big Scary “S” Word the directorial feature debut of Yael Bridge (producer of Saving Capitalism) in theaters on Friday, September 3 – timed with Labor Day Weekend. The documentary had its world premiere at the Hot Docs film festival followed by an impressive festival run at AFI Fest, Mill Valley Film Festival, and DOC NYC.