Films

Documentary JIMMY CARTER, ROCK & ROLL PRESIDENT Premieres in January on CNN

[JIMMY CARTER ROCK & ROLL PRESIDENT] Jimmy Carter and Willie Nelson White House Staff Photographer, Courtesy of Jimmy Carter Library

The documentary Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President will premiere on television on CNN on Sunday, January 3. During his political career and following his presidency, the 39th President of the United States formed lifelong bonds with artists Willie Nelson, the Allman Brothers, Rosanne Cash, Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, Nile Rodgers, and many, many others. Director Mary Wharton’s engaging film explores how President Carter’s deep love of all forms of music has been both a feature and an asset for his storied life and career.

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HBO Documentary BABY GOD Examines the Fertility Specialist Who Used His Own Sperm To Impregnate Women Without Their Knowledge or Consent

Baby God

The documentary “Baby God”, debuting on HBO on Wednesday, December 2 (9:00-10:20 p.m. ET/PT), from first-time director Hannah Olson, is a shocking examination of the work of a Las Vegas fertility specialist and the many women he guided to pregnancy through use of his own sperm, often without their knowledge or consent. The documentary follows his newly-discovered offspring as they grapple with the scope of his misdeeds and the impact that his genes may have on their own identities.

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Watch Steve McQueen’s “Small Axe” Anthology Trailer

Steve McQueen’s “Small Axe”

“If you are the big tree, we are the small axe.”
Jamaican proverb.

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Watch Trailer For ASSASSINS, Riveting Documentary on 2017 Murder of Brother of North Korea’s Leader Kim Jong-un

Assassins directed by Ryan White

Greenwich Entertainment released the official trailer for the documentary Assassins on the audacious murder of the brother of North Korea’s Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un in a crowded Malaysian airport in 2017. Directed by Ryan White, Assassins arrives in theaters December 11th, 2020 and available on PVOD January 15th, 2021.

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Family and Faith-Themed Drama PASS THE LIGHT Sets December Release Date

Pass The Light

The family and faith-themed drama “Pass The Light” will be released digitally through Freestyle Digital Media on December 4^th and on DVD on December 8, 2020.

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Watch Trailer For INSIDE PIXAR, Disney+ Docuseries

Inside Pixar

Disney+ released the trailer for the new original docuseries “Inside Pixar,” premiering on Friday, November 13. The series consists of four collections with five short stories in each collection, centered around a central theme. The first collection releasing on Friday is “Inspired,” exploring what sparks inspiration and the journey from idea to execution.

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IFC Films to Release KURT VONNEGUT: UNSTUCK IN TIME, Documentary on Iconic Author, in Summer 2021

Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

IFC Films acquired Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time, the touching, long-in-the-works documentary directed by industry masters Robert B. Weide (Curb Your Enthusiasm) and Don Argott (The Art of the Steal). The film traces the life and career of famed novelist and humorist Kurt Vonnegut, who died in 2007 at age 84. IFC Films is planning a release in Summer 2021.

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30th IFP Gotham Awards Nominations – FIRST COW, NOMADLAND, RELIC Receive Best Feature Noms

First Cow directed by Kelly Reichardt

Forty-one films and series are nominated for this year for the 30^th Annual IFP Gotham Awards, considered one of the leading awards for independent film and signaling the kick-off to the film awards season. Best Feature nominations went to The Assistant, First Cow, Never Rarely Sometimes Always, Nomadland, and Relic, becoming the first time all of the best feature nominees are directed by women. In total, eleven competitive awards will be presented to independent features and series.

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Dana Nachman’s DEAR SANTA Documentary Arrives in December

DEAR SANTA directed by Dana Nachman

IFC Films will release Dear Santa, the fanciful and poignant story of Operation Santa, from Dana Nachman the director of Batkid Begins and Pick of the Litter – on December 4th.

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Watch Trailer for THE HUMAN FACTOR, Behind-the-Scenes Story of Middle East Peace Process Negotiations

THE HUMAN FACTOR directed by Dror Moreh

Sony Pictures Classics released the trailer for The Human Factor from director Dror Moreh documenting the behind the scenes story that shaped some of the most intense and tenuous negotiations of the Middle East peace process.

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HBO Releases Trailer For TRANSHOOD, Documentary Profiling Transgender Teens Debuts November 12

TRANSHOOD, directed by Sharon Liese

HBO released the official trailer for their groundbreaking documentary Transhood which debuts today November 12th. Filmed over the course of five years in Kansas City, Transhood is an inspiring chronicle of the lives of four young people and their families as they each navigate growing up transgender in America’s heartland.

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Kenya Submits THE LETTER for Best International Feature Film Competition at 2021 Oscars

The Letter directed by Maia Lekow and Christopher King

The Kenya Film Commission selected DOC NYC-bound The Letter as the country’s official entry for the Academy Award for Best International Film. The film commission describes it as ‘filmed with a gentle pace and incredible closeness, The Letter is an intimate family portrait that reveals an indestructible female power.’

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