The 2022 Tribeca Festival will kick off with the world premiere of Halftime, a new Netflix documentary film by director and Tribeca Alum Amanda Micheli that follows global superstar Jennifer Lopez, as she reflects on her milestones and evolution as an artist, and navigates the second half of her career continuing to entertain, empower, and inspire.
Production has wrapped on Who Are the Marcuses?, a feature documentary directed by Matthew Mishory (Israel: A Concise History; Artur Schnabel; No Place of Exile) about a mysterious couple whose donated more than half a billion-dollar gift to Ben Gurion University of the Negev. The documentary tells both the story of a nice Jewish couple – and savvy investors – from Long Island, and re-imagines conflict resolution in the Middle East and peace through the Earth’s most precious resource: water.
Netflix released the official trailer for Conversations with a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes documentary series featuring never-before-heard audio from the interrogation of serial killer John Wayne Gacy.
Disney+ debuted the official trailers and two Earth Day documentary special from National Geographic – “Explorer: The Last Tepui” and “The Biggest Little Farm: The Return.” Both documentaries will premiere April 22, exclusively on Disney+.
15 years after the smash, Tony-winning Broadway run of “Spring Awakening,” the original cast and creative team reunite for a spectacular, one-night only reunion concert to benefit The Actors Fund. Chronicling their whirlwind journey back to the stage, the documentary film Spring Awakening: Those You’ve Known follows the players as they reconnect and rediscover the beauty and timelessness of the hit musical, sharing the show’s underdog origins, its path to Tony glory, the universal themes of teenage repression and angst, and the unconventional love story of breakout stars Jonathan Groff and Lea Michele.
HBO Max debuted the official trailer for Not So Pretty, a four-part documentary on the cosmetics, beauty and personal care industry from Academy Award nominated filmmakers Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering. Narrated by Keke Palmer, the documentary premieres Thursday, April 14 on HBO Max.
Hulu debuted the official trailer for Captive Audience: A Real American Horror Story, the documentary series looking at the evolution of true-crime storytelling, told through the lens of the 1972 kidnapping of Steven Stayner.
Move Me, a feature film made by and about a quadraplegic, world premieres at Full Frame Documentary Film Festival on April 7th, and also plays at the ReelAbilities Film Festival: New York on April 12th.
Directed by Amy Bench, More Than I Remember, the animated documentary on child refugee Mugeni, will have its international premiere at the 2022 Hot Docs film festival as part of the shorts program: Persister Shorts: Mother’s Day, a selection of short documentaries features stories of women speaking up and being heard.
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Netflix released the official trailer for The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes, a new documentary exploring the mystery surrounding the death of movie icon Marilyn Monroe through previously unheard interviews with her inner circle. Directed by Emma Cooper, the documentary premieres on Netflix on April 27th, 2022.
Warner Bros. Pictures will release NAVALNY, the documentary about Alexey Navalny, the Russian dissident and presidential candidate who was the target of a 2020 assassination attempt. The documentary premiered to critical and audience acclaim at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival and won both the Audience Award in the U.S. Documentary competition, and the Festival Favorite Award.