Lorraine Price’s short film The Hairdresser (La Coffieuse) shares the story of a woman who does hair for terminally ill patients in hospital. This documentary short received its world premiere at the 2021 Hot Docs International Film Festival where it received an honourable mention for Best Canadian Short and finished second in the shorts Audience Choice Awards. It also screened at Atlanta Film Festival, Brooklyn Film Festival and at AFI Docs Film Festival this month.
Filmmaker Antonio Méndez Esparza’s first documentary film Courtroom 3H, has its North American premiere at AFI Docs. The documentary takes inspiration from the words of James Baldwin: “If one really wants to know how justice is administered in a country, one goes to the unprotected and listens to their testimony.”
Sony Pictures Classics will release the documentary film WHO WE ARE — A Chronicle of Racism in America, ACLU Deputy Legal Director Jeffery Robinson’s powerful and groundbreaking talk on the history of U.S. anti-Black racism. The documentary had its world premiere at the 2021 SXSW Film Festival where it won the Documentary Spotlight Audience Award.
The french period romance drama Casanova, Last Love, a film by Benoît Jacquot (Farewell, My Queen, Diary of a Chambermaid) based on Histoire de ma vie (Story of My Life), the memoir and autobiography of Giacomo Casanova, a famous 18th-century Italian adventurer, opens July 14 at the Quad Cinema in New York City.
Written and directed by filmmaker Eli Roth, the documentary FIN, debuts on discovery+ on Tuesday, July 13, 2021.
“Breakaway,” the documentary about WNBA superstar and activist Maya Moore, will debut as the next installment in the Peabody and Emmy award-winning 30 for 30 series on July 13 on ESPN.
Magnolia Pictures released the official trailer for the indie dramedy film Swan Song directed by Todd Stephens, and starring Udo Kier, Jennifer Coolidge, Linda Evans, Michael Urie, Ira Hawkins along with Stephanie McVay. Swan Song, winner of the Pride Audience Award at 2021 NewFest, New York LGBTQIA+ Film Festival, opens in theaters on August 6th, 2021 and on demand on August 13th, 2021.
Apple dropped the official trailer for CODA, the Sundance award-winning indie film starring Emilia Jones, Eugenio Derbez, Troy Kotsur, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Daniel Durant, Amy Forsyth, Kevin Chapman and Academy Award winner Marlee Matlin.
Showtime released the official trailer for The One and Only Dick Gregory, the directorial debut from producer Andre Gaines (The Lady and The Dale, Bill Nye: Science Guy). The documentary feature unpacks the career of Dick Gregory, the activist, pop-culture icon and thought leader who changed the lives of millions across the world through constant disruption and awareness. The film will premiere on Sunday, July 4 at 9 p.m.
Gunpowder & Sky released the official trailer for Kid Candidate, the story of 24-year old Hayden Pedigo and his unlikely run for Amarillo, Texas city council after his Harmony Korine inspired spoof campaign video goes viral. Directed by Jasmine Stodel, Kid Candidate opens on demand and on digital on July 2, 2021.
Apple released the official trailer for “Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson,” a new six-part docuseries that examines sound creation and the revolutionary technology that has shaped music as we know it.
MTV Documentary Films will release Sabaya, a gripping docu-thriller that follows an intrepid team of volunteers as they rescue women and girls being held by members of ISIS.