Disability activist and filmmaker Jason DaSilva will premiere When We Walk the follow-up to his 2013 documentary When I Walk, at the 2019 Human Rights Watch Film Festival in New York City.
Documentary
Fashion Designer Diane von Furstenberg Explores Statue of Liberty in New HBO Documentary
Fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg is on a quest to explore the story of the iconic Statue of Liberty in the new documentary Liberty: Mother of Exiles.
Beto O’Rourke Documentary RUNNING WITH BETO Sets HBO Air Date
The documentary Running with Beto, a behind-the-scenes look at Beto O’Rourke’s 2018 Senate campaign will make its TV debut on Tuesday, May 28, on HBO.
DocLands Documentary Film Festival Awards $94,500 to Documentary Filmmakers at DocPitch 2019
DocLands Documentary Film Festival hosted its 2019 DocPitch forum and awarded director Chris Temple a $25,000 cash prize for their documentary film currently in development, Five Years North.
World Premiere of HBO’s TRUE JUSTICE: BRYAN STEVENSON’S FIGHT FOR EQUALITY to Open AFI DOCS 2019
AFI DOCS 2019 will open with the world premiere of HBO’s TRUE JUSTICE: BRYAN STEVENSON’S FIGHT FOR EQUALITY,and will close with RAISE HELL: THE LIFE & TIMES OF MOLLY IVINS.
Sheffield Doc/Fest 2019 Announces Lineup
Sheffield Doc/Fest announces the line-up of 180+ documentary features and shorts for its 26th edition, which runs from 6 to 11 June, 2019, under the tagline “Ways of Seeing”.
FOR SAMA, Waad al-Kateab’s Chronicle of Syrian Crisis, Sets US Release Date + Drops Trailer
Winner of the award for Best Documentary at the 2019 SXSW Film Festival, For Sama documents Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria.
BACK TO THE FATHERLAND, Documentary on Young Israeli Emigrants, Opens in June
Back to the Fatherland from filmmakers Kat Rohrer and Gil Levanon, follows the journey of three families in transition; Israeli grandchildren from the “Third Generation” and their respective grandparents.
BLUE NOTE RECORDS: BEYOND THE NOTE, Documentary on Pioneering Jazz Label Opens in June
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes, is a revelatory journey behind the scenes of Blue Note Records, the pioneering label that gave voice to some of the most ground-breaking jazz artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Obamas Announce First Slate of Netflix Projects
Higher Ground Productions, President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s production company in partnership with Netflix, today announced the company’s initial slate of upcoming projects.
HEAVY WATER, Story of Big Wave Surfer, Drops Into Movie Theaters June 13 Only
Heavy Water follows professional big wave surfer Nathan Fletcher through the evolution of surfing and his relationship with big waves.
Award Winning Science Documentary THE SERENGETI RULES Sets May Release Date
Nicolas Brown’s documentary The Serengeti Rules, which explores some of the most remote and spectacular places on Earth, will open in NYC on May 10 and in LA on May 17.