The documentary 17 Blocks, an intimate chronicle of a DC-based family’s struggles with addiction and gun violence, directed by Emmy award-winning filmmaker Davy Rothbart will premiere on Saturday, April 27 at the Tribeca Film Festival in the Documentary Competition section.
The feature drama-documentary Under the Wire, based on the book of the same name by Paul Conroy, Under The Wire tells the incredible story of his and Marie Colvin’s fateful mission – and Conroy’s epic battle to escape the Syrian city. Under the Wire from BAFTA-nominated director Chris Martin (The War on Democracy) will premiere on Monday, April 22nd at 9 PM ET/PT on STARZ.
Red, White & Wasted is a new documentary from directors Andrei Bowden-Schwartz and Sam B. Jones that follows a family of mudding enthusiasts as the last mudhole in Orlando, Florida. The documentary will World Premiere at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival on Thursday, April 25.
Annapurna Pictures tonight released the Official Greenband Trailer for Booksmart from actress Olivia Wilde making her directorial debut. Booksmart stars Kaitlyn Dever, Beanie Feldstein, Jessica Williams, Will Forte and Jason Sudekis; and will be released in theaters everywhere on May 24, 2019
Netflix today released the official trailer for Homecoming: A Film by Beyonce, a documentary film described as “an intimate look at Beyoncé’s historic 2018 Coachella performance that paid homage to America’s historically black colleges and universities.”
St. Louis Superman is a new documentary short chronicling Bruce Franks Jr., a Ferguson activist and battle rapper who was elected to the overwhelmingly white and Republican Missouri House of Representatives, and must overcome both personal trauma and political obstacles to pass a bill critical for his community.
The first trailer is here for the new documentary Gay Chorus Deep South chronicling The San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus’ life-changing Lavender Pen Tour through five southern states in the fall of 2017.
Picture Character, a documentary about emojis, will have its World Premiere at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival. Directors Martha Shane and Ian Cheney take us deep into the world of Emojis (Japanese for “picture character”), from the private non-profit international consortium that standardized emoji offerings and decides on the introduction of new ones, to the campaigns for new emojis such as those depicting menstruation and Argentinian mate, and to the very beginnings of emojis in Japan.
The Spy Behind Home Plate, the film from award-winning documentary filmmaker Aviva Kempner about Moe Berg, the baseball player turned spy, premiered the official trailer. The Spy Behind Home Plate is set for national release on Friday, May 24.
Marshall Curry is a three-time Academy Award nominated documentary filmmaker. His documentary feature Street Fight followed Cory Booker’s first run for mayor of Newark, N.J., and was nominated for an Oscar® and an Emmy®. This year, Curry was nominated for an Academy Award® for his short documentary A Night at The Garden, about a Nazi rally that filled Madison Square Garden in 1939.
William, an interesting indie sci fi film directed by Tim Disney, follows star academics, Doctors Julian Reed and Barbara Sullivan, who fall in love with each other and with the idea of cloning a Neanderthal from ancient DNA. The film starring Will Brittain, Waleed Zuaiter, Maria Dizzia, and Beth Grant opens in theaters on Friday, April 12.
The dance documentary If the Dancer Dances which follows one of New York City’s top modern dance companies preparing for a major performance, released the official trailer and poster. The documentary, directed by Maia Wechsler, opens theatrically in New York (The Quad) on Friday, April 26th and in Los Angeles on Friday, May 3rd (Laemmle Music Hall) with a national release to follow.