The 17th edition of Dallas International Film Festival (DIFF) takes place April 28 to May 5, 2023, at the Violet Crown Cinema in West Village Uptown.
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Rama Rau’s COVEN Documentary on Witches, Priestesses, Obeah, Premieres at Hot Docs | Trailer
Coven directed by Rama Rau In Coven, the new documentary by Rama Rau premiering at Hot Docs film festival, three millennial women who identify as witches seek guidance and travel to explore their past lives and lost traditions.
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PEDRO, Liora Spilk’s Documentary on Plastic Artist Pedro Friedeberg at Mexico City’s FICUNAM Film Festival
Pedro directed by by Liora Spilk Directed by Liora Spilk Bialostozky, Pedro, a documentary on plastic artist and designer Pedro Friedeberg will feature in Mexico City’s National Autonomous University of Mexico International Film Festival (FICUNAM) as part of the “AHORA MEXICO” competition, which awards the best in contemporary Mexican cinema. FICUNAM will hold its thirteenth edition from June 1st to June 11th, 2023.
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Award-winning Documentary FANNY: THE RIGHT TO ROCK on 1970s Female Rock Group to Debut on PBS
Fanny: The Right to Rock Directed by Bobbi Jo Hart, the award-winning documentary film Fanny: The Right To Rock chronicles the life and revival of this groundbreaking all-female rock group in 1970s America, revealing the fascinating untold story of a phenomenal band that were dubbed the “female Beatles”.
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Cocaine Bear: The True Story Trailer. Peacock Documentary Tells Bizarre Story Behind Hollywood Movie
Cocaine Bear: The True Story (Peacock) You’ve seen the movie, here is Cocaine Bear: The True Story, a documentary taking a deep dive into the bizarre actual events behind the hit Hollywood movie.
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CAAMFest 2023 Unveils Lineup, Opens with Adele Lim’s JOY RIDE at Castro Theatre
Joy Ride directed by Adele Lim The Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) announced the fully in-person program lineup for CAAMFest 2023, taking place May 11-21, 2023 in San Francisco. Opening Night of this year’s festival is headlined by the film Joy Ride directed by Adele Lim at the Castro Theatre.
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Where to Watch – Imagining the Indian: The Fight Against Native American Mascoting Documentary
Imagining the Indian: The Fight Against Native American Mascoting Co-directed by Aviva Kempner and Ben West, the documentary Imagining the Indian: The Fight Against Native American Mascoting is a comprehensive examination of the movement to eradicate the words, images, and gestures that many Native Americans and their allies find demeaning and offensive.
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Brenda Akele Jorde’s THE HOMES WE CARRY Documents An Afro-German Family Torn Apart by World History
The Homes We Carry directed by Brenda Akele Jorde Directed by Brenda Akele Jorde, the documentary film The Homes We Carry will make its North American premiere at Hot Docs 2023 on April 28 in the festival program “The Changing Face of Europe”.
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YOU CAN LIVE FOREVER Trailer. Anwen O’Driscoll Stars in Mark Slutsky and Sarah Watts’ Queer Coming-of-Age Drama
You Can Live Forever directed by Sarah Watts and Mark Slutsky Inspired in part by filmmaker Sarah Watts’ own upbringing in a Jehovah’s Witness community, the Canadian drama film You Can Live Forever stars Anwen O’Driscoll as a teenager sent to live with her aunt in a devoutly religious Jehovah’s Witness, and develops a relationship with another young woman in the community.
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Samuel L. Jackson and John David Washington to Star in Netflix Feature Film Adaptation of August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson
Samuel L. Jackson (Netflix) and John David Washington (Tenet – Melinda Sue Gordon) Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington, Ray Fisher, Danielle Deadwyler, Michael Potts, and Corey Hawkins will star in The Piano Lesson, directed by Malcolm Washington and based on the play ‘The Piano Lesson’ by August Wilson.
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THE ANGRY BLACK GIRL AND HER MONSTER Official Trailer. Laya DeLeon Hayes Stars in Bomani J. Story’s Frankenstein Inspired Horror Flick
The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster directed by by Bomani J. Story RLJE Films revealed the official trailer for The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster, Bomani J. Story’s horror film inspired by Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, and starring Laya DeLeon Hayes, Denzel Whitaker, Chad L. Coleman, Reilly Brooke Stith, along with Keith Holliday.
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Watch First Official Clips from Guy Ritchie’s Action Thriller THE COVENANT Starring Jake Gyllenhaal
The Covenant directed by Guy Ritchie, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Dar Salim Watch the first two official clips from The Covenant, the action thriller film starring Jake Gyllenhaal as a U.S. Army Sergeant and Dar Salim as an Afghan interpreter during the war in Afghanistan. Also starring in the film are Antony Starr, Alexander Ludwig, Bobby Schofield, with Emily Beecham and Jonny Lee Miller