Clapboard Jungle, a film by Justin McConnell, featuring Guillermo Del Toro, Paul Schrader, Tom Savini, Richard Stanley, and George A. Romero will be available on digital January 19 in the U.S (via Gravitas Ventures/Kamikaze Dogfight) and Canada (Indiecan Entertainment).
The documentary More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story directed by Kevin Derek is set for release on February 5, 2021. The documentary features Ralph Macchio, William Zabka, Martin Kove, Henry Winkler, James Hong, Sean Kanan, Marion Ross, Esai Morales, Tommy Chong, Don Most, Anson Williams and more. Watch trailer below.
The new trailer was released for the documentary Ruth Bader Ginsburg: In Her Own Words, directed written and produced by Freida Lee Mock set to premiere in virtual cinema on February 12th and on VOD on March 9th. Featured in the documentary are Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Justice Goodwin Liu, Delegate Jennfier Carroll Foy, Lilly Ledbetter, Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, Irin Carmon, Shana Knizhnik, M.E. Freeman, and Kathleen Peratis
Hulu released the trailer for their new original documentary film Derek DelGaudio’s In & Of Itself directed by Frank Oz which premieres Friday, January 22, only on Hulu.
Super LTD released the trailer for the documentary Notturno, directed by Italian filmmaker Gianfranco Rosi, and recently selected as Italy’s official entry for the Academy Award in the Best International Film category. Gianfranco Rosi follows up his Academy Award®-nominated “Fire at Sea” with this breathtaking masterpiece, the culmination of a three-year cinematic journey through war-torn Iraq, Kurdistan, Syria and Lebanon. The film will be available on Virtual Cinema on January 22, 2021, and available everywhere on January 29, 2021.
M.C. Escher: Journey To Infinity, a documentary film on the world famous Dutch artist directed by Robin Lutz will be released virtually on February 5th, 2021 at the New Plaza Cinema in New York, at Laemmle Theaters in Los Angeles, and in over 45 additional cities.
The Lady and the Dale, a four-part documentary series from Emmy®-winning producers Mark and Jay Duplass (HBO’s “Room 104”) and directed by Nick Cammilleri and Zackary Drucker, traces the audacious story of Elizabeth Carmichael, a larger-than-life entrepreneur who rose to prominence during the 1970s oil crisis with her promotion of a fuel-efficient, three-wheeled car known as The Dale. At a time when three big American automobile manufacturers ruled the road, Liz launched a futurist vehicle that promised to get 70 miles to the gallon.
The music documentary Yung Lean: In My Head directed by Henrik Burman on Swedish hip hop artist Yung Lean (Jonatan Leandoer Håstad) opens on digital platforms and VOD on January 18th, 2021.
The new documentary 9th Circuit Cowboy – The Long, Good Fight of Judge Harry Pregerson, directed by Terry Sanders, a two-time Academy Award®-winning director, writer, producer (1995 Best Feature Documentary, Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision, produced with Freida Lee Mock) and as producer and cinematographer for the 1955 Best Short Subject, A Time Out of War, will be released on Vimeo on Demand and Amazon on Tuesday, January 26, 2021.
Passion River Films will release the powerful new documentary Narratives of Modern Genocide on Tuesday January 12, 2021. Directed by Paul Allen Hunton, the compelling documentary challenges the audience to experience first-person accounts of survivors of genocide.
Described as “Summer camp meets Spinal Tap,” the new documentary Rock Camp, The Movie from filmmaker Douglas Blush whose editing and producing credits include three Oscar-winning films – 20 Feet from Stardom, Period. End of Sentence. and Icarus opens in theaters/virtual cinemas starting January 15, 2021.
Fashion designer Pierre Cardin, profiled in the 2019 documentary House of Cardin, died on Tuesday at the American Hospital in Neuilly-sur-Seine, just outside Paris. He was 98.