“I think he’s the best goaltender in the history of the NHL.”
Wayne Gretzky
Documentary
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Sports Documentary MAKING COCO: THE GRANT FUHR STORY Gets Theatrical Bow in St. Louis
Grant Fuhr in Making Coco: The Grant Fuhr Story
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Watch New Trailer for I’M LEAVING NOW Engaging Documentary of an Undocumented Worker
I’m Leaving Now (Ya me voy) directed by Lindsey Cordero and Armando Croda Cinema Guild released the Trailer for the documentary I’m Leaving Now (Ya me voy), by Lindsey Cordero and Armando Croda, an intimate portrait of an undocumented worker.
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STOLEN SON: A CNN Freedom Project Documentary on Rohingya Crisis Debuts August 31
Khurshida tells the story of her missing son in Stolen Son: A CNN Freedom Project Documentary Persecuted in Myanmar, forced to seek refuge in neighboring Bangladesh and then exploited and trafficked to places unknown. That’s the reality for many Rohingya Muslims living in Cox’s Bazar – now the world’s largest refugee camp accommodating nearly one million people – as they are targeted by human traffickers and lured from the refugee camp with false promises of employment and better living conditions.
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Documentary PARKLAND RISING to World Premiere at Woodstock Film Festival
PARKLAND RISING. Artist and activist Manuel Oliver with Marjory Stoneman Douglas High student Tyra Hemans Timely and vital, the documentary Parkland Rising directed by two-time Emmy Award winner Cheryl Horner McDonough, follows the high-school students and families who became fierce leaders of the national movement for gun reform after the February 2018 shooting of 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in Parkland, Florida. The documentary film, executive produced by Katie Couric and will.i.am, will World Premiere at the upcoming 20th anniversary Woodstock Film Festival, taking place October 2 to 6, 2019.
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12 Documentaries Selected for European Film Awards 2019
AQUARELA directed by Victor Kossakovsky The European Film Academy announced the EFA Documentary Selection, a list of 12 European documentaries recommended for a nomination for this year’s European Film Awards. There are 12 European countries represented in this year’s EFA Documentary Selection.
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TO KID OR NOT TO KID, Maxine Trump’s Documentary on Women who Decide to Live Childfree, in Theaters in November
TO KID OR NOT TO KID directed by Maxine Trump There is still a myth that living childfree is weird, selfish or somehow wrong. In a world where you’re threatened for speaking openly about living childfree, two women, search for ways to support each other in making the decision to live without kids.
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Thomas Heise’s Award-Winning Documentary HEIMAT IS A SPACE IN TIME Premieres at Toronto Film Festival
Heimat Is A Space in Time (Heimat ist ein Raum aus Zeit) directed by Thomas Heise. Courtesy Icarus Films Thomas Heise’s Berlin Film Festival award winning (Caligari Film Prize) documentary Heimat Is A Space in Time (Heimat ist ein Raum aus Zeit) will be making its North American Premiere at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival.
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IN THE SHADOW OF THE TOWERS: STUYVESANT HIGH ON 9/11 Documentary Premieres on HBO on September 11
IN THE SHADOW OF THE TOWERS: STUYVESANT HIGH ON 9/11 When the Twin Towers were attacked on September 11, 2001, students had just started their day at Stuyvesant, the prestigious New York City specialized public high school, blocks from the World Trade Center. Directed and produced by seven-time Emmy®-winner Amy Schatz (HBO’s “Song of Parkland”, “The Number on Great-Grandpa’s Arm” and “An Apology to Elephants”), In the Shadow of the Towers: Stuyvesant High on 9/11 offers a unique eyewitness perspective on that tragic day and its aftermath from former Stuyvesant students, when it debuts Wednesday, September 11 (9:00-9:35 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO.
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Spotlight on Documentary Lineup of 57th New York Film Festival Features Films on Roy Cohn, Merce Cunningham
The Booksellers directed by D.W. Young This year’s Spotlight on Documentary section of the 57th New York Film Festival (September 27–October 13) features incisive portraits of iconic figures, intimate reports from inside the American prison system, New York stories both personal and political, and much more.
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DON’T BE NICE, Documentary on Bowery Slam Poetry Team Heads to Theaters in September
DON’T BE NICE directed by Max Powers The award-winning documentary DON’T BE NICE directed by Max Powers chronicles the upstart Bowery Slam Poetry Team, made up of five African-American, Afro-Hispanic and queer poets in their 20s, preparing for the national championships.
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FLC’s Retrospective of Agnès Varda to Showcase Over 30 Films from 60-plus-Year Career
Varda by Agnès Film at Lincoln Center announced its holiday series, a career-spanning retrospective of Agnès Varda, the most comprehensive survey to date of the late filmmaker’s vast canon, opening December 20 and presented in partnership with Janus Films.
