Freestyle Digital Media, the digital film distribution division of Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios will release Heart of the Shore, a documentary about hurricane Sandy’s devastation in New Jersey. Heart of the Shore will be available to rent and own on DVD and North American digital HD internet, cable, and satellite platforms through Freestyle Digital Media on October 23, 2020.
Nino Aldi’s role-reversal comedy Tribes, starring Internet celebrities Destorm Power (Punk’d), Adam Waheed (Pitch Please) and Daytime Emmy-winning producer/actor Jake Hunter (Class Act), from an award-winning screenplay by Andy Marlatt, will be presented online at the Oscar qualifying LA Shorts Fest.
Dark Star Pictures release the trailer for the award-winning Australian biopic Acute Misfortune set to preview in virtual theaters in L.A and Cleveland on October 2nd, before an On Demand release on November 3rd. The film, starring Daniel Henshall (The Babadook) and Toby Wallace (Romper Stomper), tells of tortured Australian artist Adam Cullen.
Showtime released the trailer for the upcoming documentary Belushi. The feature-length film examines the too-short life of the once-in-a-generation talent John Belushi, who captured the hearts and funny bones of devoted audiences.
A24 dropped the first trailer for Minari, the breakout festival hit that won both the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award at this year’s 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Written and directed by Lee Isaac Chung, the film stars Steven Yeun, Yeri Han, Alan Kim, Noel Kate Cho, Scott Haze, with Yuh-Jung Youn and Will Patton. Release date is currently listed as “coming soon.”
Bad Hombres, the new documentary film chronicling the Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos, the world’s only binational professional baseball team premieres on Showtime on Friday, October 16 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
PBS released the trailer for Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America – a ground-breaking, two-hour documentary film by acclaimed historian Dr. Gretchen Sorin and Emmy–winning director Ric Burns that examines the history of African Americans on the road from the 1930s to the 1960s and beyond.
Since 1980, Julia Scotti has been performing in clubs and theaters throughout the United States and Canada, performing for the first 20 years as Rick Scotti and appearing on bills with Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock. Now, after a long hiatus, the trans comedian returns to the stage as “the crazy old lady of comedy,” all documented in the new film Julia Scotti: Funny That Way.
YouTube Originals launched the first episode for their new documentary series TOGETHER WE RISE: The Uncompromised Story of GRM Daily. The four-part documentary series tells the story of how GRM Daily founder Posty, with the help of his peers and other platforms, helped to give new opportunities to a whole generation of new music talent.
Apple+ released the first trailer for the new documentary on singer and songwriter Billie Eilish titled “Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry,” directed by award-winning filmmaker R.J. Cutler (“Belushi,” “The September Issue,” “The War Room”), set to premiere in theaters and on Apple TV+ in February 2021.
