Jeanie Finlay’s Seahorse, that follows a gay transgender man who decides to carry his own baby, released the first trailer ahead of its World Premiere at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival on Saturday, April 27th.
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Watch First SEAHORSE Trailer on Transgender Dad Who Decides to Carry His Own Baby
STILL FROM SEAHORSE. A British trans man, pregnant with his son walks on the beach.
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GAY CHORUS DEEP SOUTH Chronicling The San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus’ Tour to World Premiere at Tribeca Film Festival
GAY CHORUS DEEP SOUTH. After an emotional performance in Charlotte, chorus members console each other. Gay Chorus Deep South, the powerful new documentary feature chronicling The San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus’ life-changing Lavender Pen Tour through five southern states in the fall of 2017, will make its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on Monday, April 29, 2019 followed by a special performance from members of The San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus.
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OUR TIME MACHINE Docu on Chinese Artist Maleonn to World Premiere at Tribeca Film Festival
OUR TIME MACHINE. Maleonn working on bird sculpture. Courtesy Maleonn Studio. Yang Sun and S. Leo Chiang’s OUR TIME MACHINE is an intimate look at Chinese artist Maleonn(Ma Liang) as he sets out to stage an ambitious performance piece about time and memory when his father, the former artistic director of the Shanghai Chinese Opera Theater, is diagnosed with dementia. Maleonn hopes the work will bring the them together artistically and personally but as time goes on, and his father’s condition deteriorates, he is torn between the original goal to honor his father and the pressure of finding commercial success.
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World Premiere of RUNNER to Open, THE WEIGHT OF WATER to Close 2019 DocLands Documentary Film Festival
Runner directed by Bill Gallagher Now in its third year, the 2019 edition of DocLands Documentary Film Festival kicks off Thursday, May 2 with the World Premiere of RUNNER; director Bill Gallagher and film subject Guor Marial will be in attendance. The four-day festival will showcase 44 films from 14 countries, with 36 filmmakers in attendance. The Closing Night Film will be the Bay Area Premiere of THE WEIGHT OF WATER with Emmy Award winning director Michael Brown and film subject Erik Weihenmayer attending.
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Documentary AI WEIWEI: YOURS TRULY to World Premiere at San Francisco International Film Festival
“AI WEIWEI: YOURS TRULY” director Cheryl Haines talking to Ai Weiwei about the exhibit in Alcatraz. The feature length documentary film Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly, directed by Cheryl Haines, has its World Premiere special Marquee Presentation screening during the San Francisco International Film Festival 2019, on Sunday, April 14th at the Castro Theatre.
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South African Documentary BUDDHA IN AFRICA to World Premiere at Hot Docs
Buddha in Africa The documentary, Buddha in Africa by South African filmmaker, Nicole Schafer, will World Premiere at the 2019 Hot Docs Canadian International Festival taking place April 25 to May 5. The film will be presented in competition in the International Spectrum program. The winner of the Hot Docs Best International Feature Documentary Award will qualify for consideration for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
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INSTANT DREAMS, Documentary on Fascination of Polaroid Film, Opens on April 19th
INSTANT DREAMS directed by Willem Baptist The documentary Instant Dreams, which explores the impact, rise and popularity of Polaroid film, follows three people with a deep love for Polaroid and along with archival footage delves into the chemistry, artistry and history behind the technological behemoth of the 20th century. The film directed by Willem Baptist will be released in theaters across the US via Synergetic Distribution on April 19th.
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American Documentary Film Festival 2019 Announces Lineup, Closes with RBG
Ruth Bader Ginsburg in RBG by Betsy West and Julie Cohen The 2019 American Documentary Film Festival and Film Fund (AmDocs) in Palm Springs announced a slate of approximately 200 documentary and animated works from around the world. Among the works being exhibited are films focused on indigenous people’s rights, women’s equity in society, environmental trends, celebrity and historical biopics, cutting edge and socially relevant topics.
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TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AM, Inspiring Portrait of the Legendary Writer, Opens June 21
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am, an artful and uplifting documentary on the life and works of the legendary storyteller and Nobel prize-winner will open in theaters on June 21. Directed by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders (The Black List, Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart), a friend of Toni Morrison’s for over 35 years, the film premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.
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Watch Trailer for BLOWIN’ UP, Doc on NY Court Created for Sex Workers
BLOWIN’ UP directed by Stephanie Wang-Breal This Women’s History Month, the trailer is released for Stephanie Wang-Breal’s Blowin’ Up, a documentary about a team of courageous women in Queens, New York, who try to create a safe space for women condemned by a legal system where sex work and prostitution are criminalized. Blowin’ Up opens April 5th in NY, and April 12th in LA.
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Trans Rights Documentary THE MOST DANGEROUS YEAR Opens in Theaters in April
The Most Dangerous Year In 2016 a small group of families with transgender kids joined the fight against a wave of discriminatory anti-transgender legislation that swept the nation and their home state. With the help of a coalition of civil rights activists and ally lawmakers, these families embarked on an uncharted journey of fighting for their children’s lives and futures in this present-day civil rights story documented by Seattle based award-winning filmmaker, Vlada Knowlton in The Most Dangerous Year.
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Watch Trailer for WELL GROOMED – Inside Look at the World of Competitive Dog Grooming – Premiering at SXSW
Well Groomed Here is the new trailer for the documentary Well Groomed – written and directed by Rebecca Stern, making its world premiere on Sunday at 2019 SXSW Film Festival.