In Spiral, directed by Kurtis David Harder (Summerland, Incontrol), a gay couple moves to a small town to enjoy a better quality of life, but nothing is as it seems in their new neighborhood
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Institutional Racism Faced By an Aboriginal Boy in Australia are Confronted in IN MY BLOOD IT RUNS, Premiering on PBS Television Series POV
In My Blood it Runs directed by Maya Newell Set in Australia’s Northern Territory, In My Blood it Runs follows Dujuan, a young Aborginal boy with a spiritual connection to, and vast knowledge of, his cultural ancestry. At home in Alice Springs, Dujuan is surrounded by his loving family, which includes his mother, his two brothers, and his maternal grandmother Nana Carol, with whom he has a special bond.
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BFI London Film Festival Adds New Strand of XR and Immersive Art
All Kinds of Limbo, National Theatre. Photographer: Simon Sorted The BFI London Film Festival unveiled LFF Expanded: the Festival’s new strand of XR and Immersive Art, featuring Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality and including live immersive performance.
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Tommy Oliver’s 40 YEARS A PRISONER to Premiere at TIFF and Debut on HBO in December
40 Years a Prisoner Tommy Oliver (“1982”) directs, produces and shoots the documentary 40 Years a Prisoner, chronicling the controversial 1978 Philadelphia police raid on the radical back-to-nature group MOVE and the aftermath that led to a son’s decades long fight to free his parents.
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Watch First Trailer for Cooper Raiff’s SHITHOUSE, SXSW Grand Jury Prize Winner
Maggie and Alex talk by the baseball field in Shithouse. | Credit: Rachel Klein IFC Films debuted the first trailer for Shithouse, written, directed, and starring Cooper Raiff, in his feature debut. Shithouse won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative Feature at the virtual 2020 SXSW Film Festival, where the film made its World Premiere in the Narrative Feature Competition section. Shithouse will open in in theaters and VOD on October 16.
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Watch Trailer for KINGDOM OF SILENCE, Showtime Documentary on 2018 Murder of Jamal Khashoggi
Kingdom of Silence Showtime dropped the new trailer for the new documentary film Kingdom of Silence exploring the complicated dynamic between the United States and Saudi Arabia as a backdrop to the 2018 murder of Washington Post journalist and U.S. resident Jamal Khashoggi.
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4 Documentary Films Win SFFILM 2020 Documentary Film Fund Grants
SFFILM announced the four winners of 2020 SFFILM Documentary Film Fund grants totaling $80,000, which support feature-length documentaries in post-production. Giovanni Buccomino’s After a Revolution (working title), Clarke Lyons and Gabe Dinsmoor’s Squeegee, Farah Kassem’s We Are Inside, and Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh’s Writing with Fire were each awarded funding that will help push each project towards completion.
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Watch First Trailer for THE GLORIAS, Starring Julianne Moore and Alicia Vikander as Feminist Icon Gloria Steinem
Julianne Moore and Janelle Monáe in THE GLORIAS – Photo Credit Dan McFadden – Courtesy of LD Entertainment and Roadside Attractions Roadside Attractions revealed the first trailer for The Glorias, directed by Julie Taymor and based on the book ‘My Life on the Road’ by Gloria Steinem. The Glorias stars Julianne Moore, Alicia Vikander, Bette Midler, Janelle Monáe, Lorraine Toussaint, Lulu Wilson, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, and Kimberly Guerrero will be released on September 30th, 2020.
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Anjelica Huston’s BREAKING THE CHAIN Spotlights Crisis of Abused and Neglected Animals
Breaking the Chain From executive producer Anjelica Huston, the new documentary Breaking the Chain introduces viewers to a nationwide crisis of abused and neglected dogs, cats, and other animals through interviews and behind-the-scenes footage following PETA’s dedicated team of fieldworkers, who live in hope as they respond to cases and calls for help around the clock and in all weather extremes.
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Outfest Announces 2020 Winners – THE STRONG ONES, MINYAN, P.S. BURN THIS LETTER PLEASE
Los Fuertes (The Strong Ones), directed by Omar Zúñiga Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ Film Festival announced the winners of this year’s festival. Los Fuertes (The Strong Ones), directed by Omar Zúñiga Hidalgo won the Audience award for Best Narrative Feature and the Grand Jury Prize for Best International Narrative Feature. Minyan, directed by Eric Steel won the Grand Jury Prize for Best U.S. Narrative Feature.
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Dr. Gretchen Sorin and Ric Burns’ DRIVING WHILE BLACK Documentary to Air on PBS
Driving While Black PBS will air 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 – on Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at 9:00 p.m. ET.
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Seth Larney’s Sci-Fi Thriller ‘2067’ to Open Adelaide Film Festival
2067 directed by Seth Larney Seth Larney’s sci-fi thriller 2067 will world premiere as the opening film of the 2020 Adelaide Film Festival on October 14th.