Films

Netflix Documentary DISCLOSURE, a Look at Transgender Lives on Screen, Premieres in June, Pride Month

DISCLOSURE, directed by Sam Feder and executive produced by Laverne Cox

Just in time for Pride Month, Netflix will premiere the documentary Disclosure that looks at how the fabled stories of Hollywood deeply influence how Americans feel about transgender people, and how transgender people are taught to feel about themselves. Directed by Sam Feder and executive produced by Laverne Cox, the film world-premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and was also a selection of the Tribeca, CPH:DOX and Hot Docs festivals; and will launch globally on Netflix on Friday, June 19.

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Together for Mind, Sight & Music featuring LINDA RONSTADT: THE SOUND OF MY VOICE At-Home Movie Night with BrightFocus Foundation

Linda Ronstadt: The Sound Of My Voice. Linda Ronstadt at her home in Malibu, January 1968. Moment captured by Henry Diltz.

BrightFocus Foundation, a nonprofit organization funding scientific research and promoting public awareness to end diseases of mind and sight, will host a special free-to-the-public virtual presentation of the award-winning documentary Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice on June 4-10. The at-home movie night will feature an introduction from producer James Keach, and interviews with key scientists discussing their current research.

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Showtime Releases First-Look Clip from LSD Pioneer Timothy Leary Documentary

Joanna Harcourt-Smith in clip in documentary on Timothy Leary from Errol Morris

Showtime released the first-look clip from the new feature documentary about Timothy Leary, from Oscar winning director Errol Morris (Wormwood, The Fog of War), that will premiere on the network later this year.

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Anchorage International Film Festival will Screen THE WILD Documentary

The Wild directed by Mark Titus

Anchorage International Film Festival (AFF) will host the screening of the award-winning documentary The Wild directed by Mark Titus, as a “Live” Virtual Screening on Friday, June 5th at 6 pm AKDT.

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Dark Sky Films to Release Pandemic Thriller BEFORE THE FIRE

Before the Fire, directed by Charlie Buhler

Dark Sky Films has acquired the timely new pandemic thriller Before the Fire, the debut feature from director Charlie Buhler and written by and starring Jenna Lyng Adams of The Kominsky Method. Dark Sky plans to release the film in theaters and on digital platforms by mid-summer 2020.

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Watch Trailer for SPELLING THE DREAM, Netflix Documentary on Indian Americans Dominating the Spelling Bee

Spelling the Dream directed by Sam Rega

Netflix released the official trailer for the documentary Spelling the Dream directed by Sam Rega, that explores the trend of Indian Americans ruling the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

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Slamdance Indie Thriller THIS TEACHER Starring Hafsia Herzi Gets June Release Date

This Teacher Starring Hafsia Herzi

Breaking Glass Pictures will release the indie thriller This Teacher, from multi-award-winning director Mark Jackson (“Without”, “War Story”, which premiered as the Closing Night film at Slamdance Film Festival. This Teacher stars Hafsia Herzi as a French Muslim woman who travels to New York City to visit her childhood best friend but when their reunion turns disastrous, she escapes to a cabin upstate. However, she soon finds she is not alone, and her peaceful getaway devolves into a nightmare.

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‘Ode to a dive bar’ BLOODY NOSE, EMPTY POCKETS Drops Trailer and Release Date

Bill and Turner Ross’s Bloody Nose, Empty Pocket

Ahead of the film’s release in July, Utopia dropped the teaser trailer for award-winning filmmakers Bill and Turner Ross’s Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets, an official selection of this year’s Sundance Film Festival and Berlin Film Festival.

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Watch Trailer for MISS JUNETEENTH, Indie Drama Starring Nicole Beharie

Miss Juneteenth

Vertical Entertainment released the trailer for writer-director Channing Godfrey Peoples’ Miss Juneteenth, which world premiered earlier this year at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and won the Louis Black “Lone Star” Award at the SXSW in March.

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Intimate Documentary on Artist Ursula von Rydingsvard Opens in Virtual Theaters from June 5

(Ursula von Rydingsvard: Into Her Own) Von Rydingsvard and assistants preparing to work on Ene Due Rabe, San Francisco, 1990.

Following the exclusive virtual premiere at New York City’s Film Forum on Friday, May 29, 2020, the documentary Ursula von Rydingsvard: Into Her Own directed by Daniel Traub will open in major cities nationwide on Friday, June 5, 2020.

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Watch Trailer for MADAGASIKARA, Political Documentary on Human Rights in Madagascar

Madagasikara

Global Digital Releasing released the trailer for the political documentary, “Madagasikara” directed and produced by former attorney turned documentarian Cam Cowan.

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Watch Trailer for Dark Comedy MOPE Starring David Arquette

MOPE directed by Lucas Heyne

The dark comedy “Mope” starring David Arquette, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett and Max Adler released a new trailer ahead of its release online on June 16. The film is the darkly hilarious and tragic true story of best friends Steve Driver and Tom Dong as they struggle to make it as porn stars, but end up getting hired as “mopes,” the porn equivalent of movie extras.

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