“If Melissa had had a fair trial, she would not be on death row.
– Sabrina Van Tassel, Director
Films
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Tribeca 2020: Watch Trailer for Documentary THE STATE OF TEXAS VS. MELISSA
THE STATE OF TEXAS vs. MELISSA
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Coming-of-age Indie Film BABYTEETH Sets June Release Date
Babyteeth IFC Films will release Babyteeth, the powerful, coming-of-age feature debut from Shannon Murphy (“Killing Eve” Season 3) on June 19 in theaters and on demand.
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Michael Moore Releases New Documentary PLANET OF THE HUMANS on Youtube. FREE
Elon Musk, Tesla. Planet of the Humans Still Academy Award-winning filmmaker Michael Moore released the brand new documentary film Planet of the Humans on his RUMBLE Media label – free of charge on Youtube.
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Curaçao IFFR 2020 Canceled, Fest to Screen Past Winners Online
Tierra adentro Due to covid-19 pandemic, the 9th edition of Curaçao IFFR (CIFFR), scheduled for April 21 to 26 2020 in Willemstad, Curaçao, has been cancelled. To continue to offer visibility to filmmakers from the Caribbean region, IFFR has made six previous winners of the Yellow Robin Award available to watch online in Curaçao and the Benelux until May 12 2020.
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Film at Lincoln Center Announced Lineup for Spring 2020 Virtual Cinema
Someone, Somewhere / Deux moi by Cédric Klapisch Film at Lincoln Center (FLC) announced the upcoming FLC Virtual Cinema lineup for the 2020 spring season. FLC’s new releases include Albert Serra’s provocative period piece Liberté, a NYFF57 selection; a new 2K restoration of Italian master Nanni Moretti’s beloved semi-autobiographical Caro Diario, winner of the Best Director award at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival; Hlynur Pálmason’s superb Nordic psychological thriller A White, White Day; and three standouts from this year’s Rendez-Vous with French Cinema festival: Quentin Dupieux’s Deerskin, a rollicking, absurdist, and lightly surrealist take on the midlife crisis movie starring Oscar-winner Jean Dujardin (The Artist) and Adèle Haenel (Portrait of a Lady on Fire), Christophe Honoré’s On a Magical Night, which earned Chiara Mastroianni Best Actress award in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section for her fierce performance, and Cédric Klapisch’s almost-romance Someone, Somewhere.
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RIP: Gene Deitch, Oscar Winning Animator Dead at 95
Gene Deitch at Bradford Animation Festival 2010 [National Science and Media Museum] Gene Deitch, American-born Czech illustrator, animator, comics artist, and film director died during the night from Thursday to Friday in his apartment in Prague. He was 95.
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Tribeca 2020: Watch Trailer Clips from STATELESS, Documentary on Haiti / Dominican Republic Historical Divide
STATELESS directed by Michèle Stephenson Director Michèle Stephenson’s new documentary Stateless uncovers the complex history and present-day politics of Haiti and the Dominican Republic through the grassroots electoral campaign of a young attorney named Rosa Iris. The documentary will world premiere at the down-sized 2020 Tribeca Film Festival.
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Netflix Makes Many of its Popular Documentaries FREE on Youtube
U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in Knock Down The House Netflix is making many of its documentary features and series available on the Netflix US YouTube channel for free. This is in response to teachers’ requests for access to documentaries which Netflix has previously allowed for screening in their classrooms but not possible with schools being closed.
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National Geographic Teams up with Director Ron Howard on Chef José Andrés Documentary
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Chef José Andrés, Culinary Ambassador for the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. [State Department] Following the debut of Rebuilding Paradise at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, National Geographic Documentary Films announced its next feature project from acclaimed director Ron Howard, producer Brian Grazer and Imagine Documentaries. The upcoming documentary will chronicle the globally renowned chef and humanitarian José Andrés and his legendary nonprofit, World Central Kitchen, as they rebuild nations in the wake of disaster, providing healthy food to those affected.
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Documentary on Natalie Wood, Produced by Daughter Natasha Gregson Wagner to Debut on HBO (Trailer)
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind In many ways, acclaimed actress Natalie Wood’s life and career have been overshadowed by her tragic death at age 43 off the coast of Catalina Island. Her daughter Natasha Gregson Wagner explores her mother’s public life and private persona through personal interviews with those closest to her in the HBO documentary Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind.
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Watch Trailer for AKASHINGA: THE BRAVE ONES, National Geographic Documentary Produced by James Cameron
Akashinga: The Brave Ones Ahead of Earth Day, National Geographic Documentary Films announced a new documentary short, Akashinga: The Brave Ones. Executive produced by three-time Academy Award winner James Cameron and directed by Maria Wilhelm, executive director of the Avatar Alliance Foundation, the film tells the story of Akashinga, the all-female anti-poaching unit in Zimbabwe that is facing down poachers and saving wildlife. Akashinga: The Brave Ones will have its world premiere at the EarthxFilm Festival, which will be held virtually April 22 to 27 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. The documentary short is also an official selection of the Tribeca Film Festival and will broadcast on National Geographic later this year in 171 countries and 43 languages.
