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.
The acclaimed documentary film The Russian Five directed by Joshua Riehl is now playing in U.S. movie theaters ahead of a national expansion to Seattle (4/26), Los Angeles (5/3), New York (5/31) and many more to be announced soon.
Executive produced by Patagonia founder, Yvon Chouinard and directed/produced by Josh “Bones” Murphy, ‘Artifishal’ tells the story of fish hatcheries and fish farms from California to Norway. It explores wild salmon’s slide toward extinction, threats posed by fish hatcheries and fish farms, and our continued loss of faith in nature. The film will World Premiere at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival on Thursday, April 25, 2019.
The Peabody Awards Board of Jurors announced the 60 nominees that represent the most compelling and empowering stories released in broadcasting and digital media during 2018. Thirty winners selected from amongst these nominees will be announced beginning next week.
The Lavender Scare, the award-winning documentary film tells the story of the vicious witch hunt where tens of thousands of gay men and lesbians were fired from their jobs in a decades-long effort by the U.S. government to rid the federal workforce of homosexuals.
The documentary 17 Blocks, an intimate chronicle of a DC-based family’s struggles with addiction and gun violence, directed by Emmy award-winning filmmaker Davy Rothbart will premiere on Saturday, April 27 at the Tribeca Film Festival in the Documentary Competition section.