Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound, a new documentary film that reveals the hidden power of sound in cinema, will World Premiere at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival on Monday, April 29. Following the screening, the festival will present a special Tribeca Talks Master Class, “The Art of Cinematic Sound,” with director Midge Costin and Oscar-winning sound designers Walter Murch, Ben Burtt and Gary Rydstrom who are featured in the film.
Willie follows the amazing story of Willie O’Ree, the first black player in the National Hockey League, and his family from his great, great-grandfather’s escape from slavery in 1779 to Willie’s ascent to hockey’s highest honor – induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame on November 12, 2018.
The late Italian operatic tenor Luciano Pavarotti is the subject of the new documentary Pavarotti directed by Academy Award winner Ron Howard, opening in select theaters on June 7, 2019. Pavarotti released the movie trailer offering the first look at the upcoming film.
Scary Stories, the highly anticipated documentary about Alvin Schwartz’ iconic Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark book series, will debut in select theaters beginning April 26 via Wild Eye Releasing.
The international documentary film competition of the 2019 Krakow Film Festival will showcase the most electrifying and fascinating stories from all over the world.
The two-part HBO Sports documentary What’s My Name | Muhammad Ali, chronicling the extraordinary life of Muhammad Ali, one of the 20th century’s most iconic figures, will debut Tuesday, May 14 (8:00-10:45 p.m. ET/PT), with both chapters airing back-to-back in a special television event on HBO.
Sheryl Crow will perform at the World Premiere of the documentary Linda Ronstadt: The Sound Of My Voice at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival on Friday April 26.
Yang Sun and S. Leo Chiang’s evocative documentary OUR TIME MACHINE released the first trailer ahead of its World Premiere later this month on Sunday, April 28th, at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival.
SHOWTIME released a first-look trailer for XY CHELSEA, directed by Tim Travers Hawkins, which will have its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on Wednesday, May 1 and premiere on the cable channel on Friday, June 7 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Executive produced by Academy Award(R) winner Laura Poitras (RISK, Citizenfour), XY CHELSEA tells the historic story of whistle-blower Chelsea Manning, whose 35-year sentence in a maximum security prison was commuted by President Obama in 2017.
Amazing Grace the riveting concert film of the live recording of the late “Queen of Soul,” Aretha Franklin’s 1972 Grammy-winning gospel double album, Amazing Grace which opened April 5 at four theaters in New York City (Lincoln Square 13, Angelika Film Center, E-Walk 13, and City Cinemas 1, 2, 3) and Los Angeles (Arclight Hollywood, Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza 15, AMC Burbank 16, Landmark 12), today, expands to theaters in Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, D.C.
Stanley Nelson’s Miles Davis documentary and an eye-popping expose on the world of competitive dog grooming (scored by Baltimore’s own Dan Deacon) are among the first 10 documentaries selected for the 2019 Maryland Film Festival. The Festival will run Wednesday, May 8 through Sunday, May 12 in Baltimore’s Station North Arts and Entertainment District!
More than 30 years after their golden age, some of the legendary voices of Reggae including Ken Boothe, Winston McAnuff, Kiddus I, and Cedric Myton are back on a World Tour all captured in the new documentary Inna De Yard: The Soul of Jamaica. The film directed by Peter Webber will World Premiere at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival on Monday, April 29. After the Premiere Screening there will be a special performance by reggae legend Ken Boothe.