Filmmaker Yael Bridge’s new documentary The Big Scary “S” Word exploring the rich history of the American socialist movement, will have its World Premiere at Mill Valley, followed by screening at AFI FEST. The film was also an official selection of 2020 ;Hot DOCS Canadian International Documentary Film Festival.
The highly buzzed and acclaimed documentary Maxima directed by Claudia Sparrow follows Peruvian indigenous farmer Máxima Acuña in her fight to protect her land as she stands up to the largest gold producer in the world: US-based Newmont Mining Corporation.
The powerful new documentary film, Nasrin, centering on the life of the unstoppable Iranian human rights lawyer and activist, Nasrin Sotoudeh will have its world festival premiere at GlobeDocs Film Festival 2020 in Boston presented by the Boston Globe newspaper.
From award-winning director Ondi Timoner, – whose directing credits include the Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winning films DIG! and We Live in Public as well as Mapplethorpe starring Matt Smith – Coming Clean is a feature documentary examining addiction through the eyes of recovering addicts and political leaders, as they come together to bring the profiteers to justice and rebuild in the wake of the deadliest drug epidemic in our history.
The new political documentary The Accidental President directed by British filmmaker/journalist James Fletcher, and featuring subjects Anthony Scaramucci, Piers Morgan, Kellyanne Conway and many others, is described as a play-by-play from all angles on how Trump became President of the United States…and how he may do it again. The film opens in virtual theaters on October 16 and online everywhere on October 27.
The new documentary Los Hermanos/The Brothers co-directed by Marcia Jarmel and Ken Schneider World Premiere as the opening night film of Woodstock Film Festival. The film looks at Cuban-born brothers – Ilmar Gavilan the violinist, and Aldo López-Gavilán the pianist – who live on opposite sides of a geopolitical chasm a half century wide. Linked by music and dreams, their unfolding story offers a nuanced, often startling view of nations long estranged, and a vision of what can happen when borders can be crossed.
Freestyle Digital Media, the digital film distribution division of Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios will release Heart of the Shore, a documentary about hurricane Sandy’s devastation in New Jersey. Heart of the Shore will be available to rent and own on DVD and North American digital HD internet, cable, and satellite platforms through Freestyle Digital Media on October 23, 2020.
Showtime released the trailer for the upcoming documentary Belushi. The feature-length film examines the too-short life of the once-in-a-generation talent John Belushi, who captured the hearts and funny bones of devoted audiences.
Bad Hombres, the new documentary film chronicling the Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos, the world’s only binational professional baseball team premieres on Showtime on Friday, October 16 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
PBS released the trailer for Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America – a ground-breaking, two-hour documentary film by acclaimed historian Dr. Gretchen Sorin and Emmy–winning director Ric Burns that examines the history of African Americans on the road from the 1930s to the 1960s and beyond.
Since 1980, Julia Scotti has been performing in clubs and theaters throughout the United States and Canada, performing for the first 20 years as Rick Scotti and appearing on bills with Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock. Now, after a long hiatus, the trans comedian returns to the stage as “the crazy old lady of comedy,” all documented in the new film Julia Scotti: Funny That Way.
