Ganden: A Joyful Land directed by Sundance Jury Award Winner ,Ngawang Choephel, and with Creative Consultant – Singer Annie Lennox, will have its World Premiere at DOC NYC on Tuesday November 12th.
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GANDEN: A JOYFUL LAND by Sundance Winner Ngawang Choephel to Premiere at DOC NYC
Ganden: A Joyful Land directed by Ngawang Choephel
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Morgan Neville to Direct Documentary on Late Anthony Bourdain
CNN Films, HBO Max, and Focus Features are partnering for a documentary film about the uncommon life of the late storyteller, explorer, and chef, Anthony Bourdain, to be directed and produced by Academy Award-winning director Morgan Neville (20 Feet from Stardom). Focus Features will first release the documentary exclusively in theaters worldwide before the film premieres on television on CNN and streams via HBO Max. CNN Films and HBO Max will executive produce the film. Neville’s Tremolo Productions will produce the film.
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Watch Trailer for Showtime Sports Doc PARIAH: THE LIVES AND DEATHS OF SONNY LISTON
Pariah: The Lives and Deaths of Sonny Liston Showtime Sports released the official trailer for the upcoming documentary film Pariah: The Lives and Deaths of Sonny Liston, premiering Friday, November 15 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
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Watch New MIDNIGHT FAMILY Trailer. In Theaters in December
Midnight Family directed by Luke Lorentzen Here is the new trailer for the multi-award winning documentary Midnight Family directed by Luke Lorentzen. The documentary which won at Sundance Film Festival, Sheffield Doc/Fest and recently nominated for 2019 International Documentary Association Award for Best Feature opens on December 6 through 1091 Media.
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Sundance Award Winning Enviro-Thriller SEA OF SHADOWS Premieres Commercial Free on National Geographic
Sea of Shadows directed by Richard Ladkani “It required great courage to make this film: Richard Ladkani and Andrea Crosta, both good friends of mine, risked their lives tracking down and investigating both the Chinese and Mexican cartels involved. We must try to save the vaquita, because every species matters. I hope this film can inspire real action, before it is too late.”
Jane Goodall
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IDFA Unveils Main Competition Lineup, + World Premiere of SUNLESS SHADOWS
Sunless Shadows (Mehrdad Oskouei) The world premiere of Sunless Shadows (Mehrdad Oskouei) will kick off the 32nd edition of International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA). Filmed in a small juvenile detention center, Sunless Shadows steps into the enclosed world of five young Iranian women, all accomplices in the murder of their abusive husbands, fathers, or brothers-in-law. Through breathtaking monologues and whip-smart interactions, the beauty, humor, and tragedy of the characters’ daily lives confirms that a murder story is never simple.
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Laura Naylor’s Winemaking Vérité Documentary VAS-Y COUPE! to World Premiere at DOC NYC 2019
Film subjects picking grapes in Vas-y Coupe!, directed by Laura Naylor. Courtesy of By and By Productions New York filmmaker Laura Naylor’s VAS-Y COUPE!, a beautifully observed portrait of seasonal labor at a family-owned vineyard in France’s Champagne region, will World Premiere at DOC NYC 2019.
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35th IDA Documentary Awards Nominees Announced, FOR SAMA, LEAVING NEVERLAND and More
FOR SAMA. Sama pictured in September 2016, in the bombarded east of the city with a placard in response to US presidential candidate Gary Johnson’s infamous gaffe “What’s Aleppo” – Courtesy of Channel 4, Copyright Waad al-Kateab. The International Documentary Association (IDA) announced the 35th Annual IDA Documentary Awards Nominees along with the Courage Under Fire Award honoree Waad Al-Kataeb, director and producer of For Sama. For the first time, the IDA will present an award for Best Director and, notably, all of the nominated films have female directors.
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HBO Picks Up Lisa Ling’s Documentary Series “Birth, Wedding, Funeral”
HBO Max has greenlit travel docuseries Birth, Wedding, Funeral as part of an overall deal with Lisa Ling. Each episode of the series will immerse viewers in a different country to reveal their cultures through the lens of the three universal rituals – births, weddings, and funerals. In a quest to understand what connects us and celebrate the diversity of deeply rooted customs around the world, each episode is a riveting investigation of the human experience in a specific region, and a dramatic dive into an intimate moment in the lives of the people who live there.
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Kim Longinotto’s Portrait of Photojournalist Letizia Battaglia – SHOOTING THE MAFIA Opens in November
Film subject Letizia Battaglia’s photo Palermo, 1982. Vicino alla Chiesa di Santa Chiara. Il gioco del killer. (“Palermo, 1982. Near the Church of Santa Chiara. The game of the killer.”) in Shooting the Mafia, directed by Kim Longinotto . Courtesy of Cohen Media Group. Veteran documentarian Kim Longinotto’s Shooting The Mafia is a portrait of fearless photojournalist Letizia Battaglia, who spent her career documenting the life and crimes of the Sicilian Mafia. Featured at the 2019 Sundance and Berlin film festivals and soon to be seen at DOC NYC, Shooting The Mafia will open at the Quad Cinema on Friday, November 22 with a national rollout to follow.
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Showtime Releases Trailer for READY FOR WAR -Documentary on Deported US Military Veterans
READY FOR WAR directed by Andrew Renzi The documentary film Ready for War, which explores the phenomenon of deported United States military veterans, will premiere on the Showtime network on Sunday, November 22 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
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Cheryl Haines’ AI WEIWEI: YOURS TRULY Documentary to Premiere at DOC NYC
AI WEIWEI: YOURS TRULY directed by Cheryl Haines Cheryl Haines, the curator of the exhibition @Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz, directs the documentary film Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly, which will have its New York Premiere at DOC NYC 2019.