The highly anticipated documentary feature Pretending I’m A Superman – The Tony Hawk Video Game Story will have a digital/VOD release on August 18th. The definitive documentary from director Ludvig Gür tells the story of skater turned video game mogul Tony Hawk, and the near extinction of skateboarding culture before exploding back into the mainstream in the early 2000s.
Showtime announced a new feature documentary from Academy Award Winning director Martin Scorsese that profiles David Johansen, the celebrated frontman of the New York Dolls. Emmy nominee David Tedeschi will co-direct with Scorsese.
The new documentary Stockton on My Mind, directed by Emmy(R) winner Marc Levin (HBO’s “Class Divide,” “Thug Life in D.C.”) is the multi-layered story of millennial mayor Michael Tubbs, whose own experience growing up amid poverty and violence inspired him to create innovative change in his beleaguered hometown of Stockton, California.
Over the weekend, Halle Berry angered the transgender community and its allies after announcing she was being considered to play a transgender man in an upcoming film. In attempts to educate the actress, Netflix’s Disclosure team politely asked Berry to watch the film and learn about the possible dangers of her taking on the role, and she listened.
Experience the magic, mysticism, and the love of the iconic Queer Latinx astrologer Walter Mercado in the new Netflix Original Documentary Mucho Mucho Amor on July 8th.
Showtime released the trailer for the upcoming feature-length documentary The Go-Go’s, hailing from director Alison Ellwood (History of the Eagles, American Jihad). An official 2020 Sundance Film Festival Selection, the film chronicles the first all-female band to play its own instruments, write its own songs and soar to No. 1 on the album charts. Featuring candid testimonies from the group members, Ellwood’s documentary charts the meteoric rise to fame of a band that not only captured but created a zeitgeist. The Go-Go’s premieres on Showtime on Saturday, August 1 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
River City Drumbeat film from 10-Time Emmy-Winning Filmmaker Marlon Johnson and Award-Winning Filmmaker Anne Flatté will have virtual cinema release starting Friday, August 7th.
America’s Last Little Italy: The Hill will debut online July 10th through 19th aspart of the 20th annual St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase. This historical documentary traces the roots of the venerable St. Louis neighborhood known as “The Hill.”
ESPN will broadcast the world premiere of the women’s football documentary Born To Play on Wednesday, July 1st, 2020, at 9 p.m. EDT. Directed by Viridiana Lieberman, the film is a love letter to the game, written by people who you never knew played. Until now.
Evans Chan’s timely new documentary ‘We Have Boots’ on movements for democracy and freedom in Hong Kong will premiere in US as closing film of Filmfest DC at Home on Friday, June 26 and available through Friday, July 3. We Have Boots had its World Premiere at International Film Festival Rotterdam, UK Premiere at Sheffield Doc/Fest and will screen in the Justice Matters section of Filmfest DC 2020.
AFI DOCS 2020 concluded its five-day online festival with the Audience Award for Best Feature going to TRANSHOOD, directed by Sharon Liese and the Audience Award for Best Short going to BLACKFEET BOXING: NOT INVISIBLE, directed by Kristen Lappas and Tom Rinaldi.
OYA Media Group’s Mr. Jane and Finch documentary, which was directed, co-produced and co-written by Ngardy Conteh George and co-produced and co-written by Alison Duke, won two 2020 Canadian Screen Awards: the ‘Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary and Best Writing in a Documentary. The Canadian Screen Awards are a celebration of Canadian visual storytelling and the people who bring these stories to life. The CSAs recognize and champion the authentic voices and universal themes that resonate in Canada and beyond.