AFI DOCS 2019 will open with the world premiere of HBO’s TRUE JUSTICE: BRYAN STEVENSON’S FIGHT FOR EQUALITY, directed by Peter Kunhardt, George Kunhardt and Teddy Kunhardt, and will close with RAISE HELL: THE LIFE & TIMES OF MOLLY IVINS, directed by Janice Engel. AFI DOCS runs June 19–23, 2019, in Washington, DC, and Silver Spring, MD.
Sheffield Doc/Fest announced 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” inspired by John Berger’s television series and book of the same name. The festival opens on Thursday June 6 with Diego Maradona, a wild and irreverent look at one of the world’s most iconic sportsmen, both on and off the pitch, during his infamous time in Naples.
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 as she falls in love, gets married and gives birth to her daughter Sama. The documentary film takes the form of a letter from Waad al-Kateab to Sama. For Sama directed by Waad al-Kateab along with Edward Watts opens in US theaters on July 26.
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. The film deals with both sides of the historic tragedy and the attempt to build their own future, without ignoring the past.
Sophie Huber’s 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. The film opens June 14th in New York City, and June 28th in Los Angeles with a nationwide theatrical release to follow.
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. The content encompasses a wide range of fiction and non-fiction productions for all audiences including scripted, unscripted and documentary series, as well as full-length features and documentaries.
Heavy Water follows professional big wave surfer Nathan Fletcher through the evolution of surfing and his relationship with big waves, culminating in a spectacular, never- before-performed stunt, where Fletcher “acid drops” from a helicopter into a huge wave.
In Nicolas Brown’s award-winning documentary The Serengeti Rules, five pioneering scientists explores some of the most remote and spectacular places on Earth, and make surprising discoveries that flip our understanding of nature on its head. The film which had its world premiere at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival, will open in New York City at The Quad Cinema on Friday, May 10, 2019 and in Los Angeles at the Laemmle Monica Film Center on Friday, May 17, with and additional select markets in the US and Canada following in the spring and summer via Abramorama.
Martha: A Picture Story, is filmmaker Selina Miles’ vibrant portrait of photographer Martha Cooper, who in 1970s New York, captured the first images of graffiti appearing on the city’s subway carriages, and decades later, realizes she’s become an unusual icon of the street art world. The film, world premiering at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival, released the first look – a video clip, which quickly captures the fascination behind the icon Martha Cooper.
The Intercept has released a short documentary by reporter and filmmaker Stephanie Tangkilisan focused on the effects of the “Bronx 120” raid, the largest in New York City history, on the life and prospects of a young man named Kraig Lewis.
Just before its World Premiere on Saturday April 27 at the Tribeca Film, Picture Character, a documentary about emoji released the first look – a fascinating video clip from the film. In the clip, Rayouf Alhumedhi explains why she created the hijab emoji.
Filmmaker Parisa Dunn who co-produced the award-winning human rights feature DESERT DANCER, starring Freida Pinto, has teamed with NBA All-Star, author and TV personality, Caron Butler, known for his legacy with The Miami Heat and L.A. Lakers as well as his passion for U.S. justice system reform on the new documentary THE GREEN DREAM