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.
Produced in official partnership with the 9/11 Memorial & Museum, National Geographic will premiere 9/11: One Day in America, a six-part documentary series which chronicles the events of that day – at times minute by minute – through gripping first-person narratives of the first responders and survivors who were there.
Amazon released the teaser video for My Name is Pauli Murray, the documentary on the lawyer, Black activist, feminist, poet who influenced both Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Thurgood Marshall.
Disney+ released the official trailer for “Playing with Sharks” the upcoming documentary on renowned shark expert Valerie Taylor. A true pioneer in both underwater filmmaking and shark research, Valerie Taylor is a living legend and icon in the underwater world whose life’s work has become the basis for much of what we know about sharks today.
Filmed during the height of the pandemic, the documentary film Last Call: The Shutdown of NYC Bars, directed by Johnny Sweet explores the social and economic impact of COVID-19 on the NYC hospitality industry. The film will have its NYC Premiere on July 3rd at Queens World Film Festival, and will open in theaters on Friday July 16 at Laemmle Virtual Cinema.
Lorraine Price’s short film The Hairdresser (La Coffieuse) shares the story of a woman who does hair for terminally ill patients in hospital. This documentary short received its world premiere at the 2021 Hot Docs International Film Festival where it received an honourable mention for Best Canadian Short and finished second in the shorts Audience Choice Awards. It also screened at Atlanta Film Festival, Brooklyn Film Festival and at AFI Docs Film Festival this month.
Filmmaker Antonio Méndez Esparza’s first documentary film Courtroom 3H, has its North American premiere at AFI Docs. The documentary takes inspiration from the words of James Baldwin: “If one really wants to know how justice is administered in a country, one goes to the unprotected and listens to their testimony.”