Known for The People Vs. George Lucas, Doc Of The Dead, 78/52: Hitchcock’s Shower Scene, Memory: The Origins Of Alien, Lynch/Oz and the 2023 SXSW hit You Can Call Me Bill, award-winning cinema historian Alexandre O. Philippe turns his lens on Monument Valley in his documentary The Taking opening in theaters on May 5th.
Rewind & Play, directed by Alain Gomis — known for films including Félicité (Grand Jury Prize winner at the 2017 Berlinale), Aujourd’hui and L’Afrance, will close out this 15th season of AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange on WORLD Channel on Monday, May 1. The documentary presents a snapshot into the personality and talent of pioneering jazz composer and pianist Thelonious Monk by way of a disastrous and often shockingly disrespectful interview he experiences in Paris at the height of his career.
Coming to VOD are four new films, Darcy Weir’s documentary Secret Space UFOs: Fastwalkers, Dennis Devine’s biting new horror film Fangs Out, Anthony Shim’s award-winning drama Riceboy Sleeps, and Cory Choy’s supernatural thriller Esme, My Love
Described as “visually stunning, dreamlike and intimate,” the award-winning documentary film Museum Of The Revolution tells the story of a community living in the remains of an unfinished utopian project in Belgrade.
Greenwich Entertainment shared the official trailer for The Melt Goes On Forever: The Art And Times Of David Hammons, a documentary portrait described as “unconventional chronicle” of artist David Hammons’ life and work.
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired Carlos, a feature-length documentary film about the father of Latin American jazz fusion and global icon, Carlos Santana. Directed by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Rudy Valdez (The Sentence, We Are: The Brooklyn Saints), the documentary world premieres at 2023 Tribeca Festival.
HBO shared the official trailer for Love To Love You, Donna Summer, the documentary on the iconic singer known as Queen of Disco, directed by Oscar® and Emmy®-winning filmmaker Roger Ross Williams (“Life Animated,” HBO’s “The Apollo”) and Brooklyn Sudano, daughter of Donna Summer.
What brings you joy in work? What gives you purpose? What makes a good job… good?
Netflix revealed the official trailer for Victim/Suspect, a documentary following reporter Rae de Leon, as she discovers a surprising number of legal cases nationwide that involve women reporting sexual assault to the police, only to be accused of fabricating their allegations.
Yellow Veil Pictures in partnership with Drafthouse Films will release the documentary Once Upon A Time In Uganda, directed by Cathryne Czubek from Blue Finch Films.
Paramount+ revealed the official trailer for King Charles, The Boy Who Walked Alone, the new documentary giving viewers an unprecedented look at the life of King Charles, premiering Tuesday, May 2.
