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.
Greenwich Entertainment debuted the official trailer for Hello, Bookstore, a documentary on Matt Tannenbaum and his beloved local bookstore in Lenox, Massachusetts.
Gravitas Ventures released the trailer for Ride Till I Die, the bull riding documentary featuring legendary bull rider Ricky Ringer along with Lil’ Ricky (Ricky Ringer Jr.) and Ernie Courson.
Heymann Brothers Films will release Jonathan Agassi Saved My Life, a new documentary film about Israeli porn star Jonathan Agassi by filmmaker Tomer Heymann (“Mr. Gaga”). Winner of the Ophir Prize (Israeli Oscar) for Best Documentary, Jonathan Agassi Saved My Life screened at numerous international and LGBTQ film festivals including IDFA, Newfest and Outfest. The reedited version of the film will open theatrically at the Village East by Angelika in New York on May 13, and at Laemmle Theaters in Los Angeles on May 20th. Other cities will follow.
Greenwich Entertainment will release A Taste of Whale, the documentary directed by Vincent Kelner (World Medicine) in North American theaters and on Amazon and Apple TV on Friday, May 27, 2022.
