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.
Singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo revealed the official trailer for Olivia Rodrigo: driving home 2 u (a SOUR film), her upcoming documentary directed by Stacey Lee, set to debut exclusively on Disney+ on March 25, 2022.
Sony Pictures Classics acquired the documentary The Return of Tanya Tucker — Featuring Brandi Carlile directed by Kathlyn Horan (The If Project) which world premiered at South by Southwest film festival.
At the 2022 SXSW Film Festival, HBO Max debuted a first look clip for part two of The Way Down: God, Greed, and the Cult of Gwen Shamblin, the five-episode documentary series directed by Primetime Emmy-winning filmmaker Marina Zenovich, that examines the controversial Remnant Fellowship Church and its founder, the late Gwen Shamblin Lara.
A potent, observational exploration of female fortitude and solidarity, the Mexican documentary film La Mami, from Spanish-born director Laura Herrero Garvín (The Swirl) opens on Thursday, April 7 at Maysles Cinema in New York City, followed by other U.S. cities.
President Barack Obama narrates Our Great National Parks, an epic five-part documentary series on Netflix that celebrates and discover the power of our planet’s greatest national parks and wild spaces.
