Tribeca Enterprises is partnering with IMAX and AT&T to launch “Tribeca Drive-In,” an all-new drive-in entertainment series that will take place this summer at drive-in theatres and other exclusive venues nationwide. The limited engagement series will provide families with a safe, comfortable entertainment experience in cities and towns across the country, as the nation takes steps to emerge from Coronavirus lockdowns.
In the new era of social distancing due to the COVID-19 pandemic, AFI DOCS, the American Film Institute’s annual documentary celebration in the nation’s capital, announced the festival’s 18th annual edition is going global. AFI DOCS will showcase current non-fiction fare in a re-imagined online film festival – “where the best seat is in your house.” AFI DOCS 2020 will open with BOYS STATE, directed by Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine. The festival will run June 17–21 and films will be available to view on DOCS.AFI.com.
The documentary The 8th from directors Lucy Kennedy, Maeve O’Boyle, and Aideen Kane tells the story of Irish women and their fight to overturn one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the world. The film will have its U.S. premiere at the 2020 Human Rights Watch Film Festival, taking place June 11-20, 2020.
HBO Max has acquired the 2020 Sundance award winner, Charm City Kings which will be released on the new HBO platform. Charm City Kings won the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Prize for Ensemble Acting at this year’s Sundance Film Festival for its cast that includes Jahi Di’Allo Winston, Meek Mill, Will Catlett, Donielle Hansley, Kezii Curtis, Chino, Lakeyria “Wheelie Queen” Doughty and Teyonah Parris.
Kenyan director and 2019 Rory Peck Award winner, Pete Murimi’s documentary I am Samuel will have its U.S. premiere at 2020 Human Rights Watch Film Festival New York Digital Edition in June. The documentary had its World Premiere at the 2020 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.
Gravitas Ventures released the official trailer for Sweetness in the Belly directed by Zeresenay Berhane Mehari and starring Dakota Fanning, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Kunal Nayyar, and Wunmi Mosaku. The film adapted from Canadian author Camilla Gibb’s award-winning novel of the same name premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival. Sweetness in the Belly will be released on VOD on May 8th.
Netflix released the full official trailer for Becoming, the new documentary on former First Lady, Michelle Obama that premieres on the streaming network on Wednesday, May 6.
Radioactive directed by Marjane Satrapi (“Persepolis”) is a journey through Marie Curie’s (played by Rosamund Pike) enduring legacy from the 1870s through to modern day – her passionate partnerships, scientific breakthroughs, and the consequences that followed. The film will be released on Amazon Prime on July 24, 2020.
I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, a six-part documentary series debuting Sunday, June 28 (10:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT), on HBO is based on the book of the same name and explores writer Michelle McNamara’s investigation into the dark world of a violent predator she dubbed the Golden State Killer.
Showtime released the first look trailer for its five-part investigative documentary series Outcry, produced and directed by Emmy(R) Award-winning filmmaker Pat Kondelis, now set to premiere on Sunday, July 5 at 10 p.m. ET/PT.
The American Experience documentary Mr. Tornado tells the story of Tetsuya Theodore Fujita, a Japanese-American scientist who devoted his life to unlocking the mysteries of severe storms. Most widely known for creating the Fujita Scale, or F-Scale, of tornado damage intensity, Fujita brought relentless, creative energy to the field of meteorology. His unique, forensic analysis of the aftermath left by destructive forces, borne out of the ashes of the world’s first atomic bombs, enabled him to map science onto a phenomenon thought to be unknowable, forever changing our understanding of tornadoes. Written, directed and produced by Michael Rossi and executive produced by Mark Samels and Susan Bellows, Mr. Tornado premieres Tuesday, May 19, 2020, 9:00-10:00 p.m. ET (check local listings) on American Eexperience on PBS, PBS.org and the PBS Video App.
