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Alain Gomis’ REWIND & PLAY Documentary on Musician Thelonious Monk Closes Season 15 of AfroPoP

Documentary

Thelonious Monk in Rewind & Play directed by Alain Gomis

Rewind & Play, directed by Alain Gomis — known for films including Félicité (Grand Jury Prize winner at the 2017 Berlinale), Aujourd’hui and L’Afrance, will close out this 15th season of AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange on WORLD Channel on Monday, May 1. The documentary presents a snapshot into the personality and talent of pioneering jazz composer and pianist Thelonious Monk by way of a disastrous and often shockingly disrespectful interview he experiences in Paris at the height of his career.

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Trailers – Secret Space UFOs: Fastwalkers, Fangs Out, Riceboy Sleeps, ‘Esme, My Love’ Coming to VOD

Documentary, Horror + Scifi, Independent Film

Riceboy Sleeps directs by Anthony Shim

Coming to VOD are four new films, Darcy Weir’s documentary Secret Space UFOs: Fastwalkers, Dennis Devine’s biting new horror film Fangs Out, Anthony Shim’s award-winning drama Riceboy Sleeps, and Cory Choy’s supernatural thriller Esme, My Love

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Srđan Keča’s MUSEUM OF THE REVOLUTION Documentary About Failed Serbian Utopian Project Opens in US | Trailer

Documentary, Foreign Language Films

Museum Of The Revolution directed by Srđan Keča

Described as “visually stunning, dreamlike and intimate,” the award-winning documentary film Museum Of The Revolution tells the story of a community living in the remains of an unfinished utopian project in Belgrade.

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STAY AWAKE Trailer. Wyatt Oleff, Fin Argus and Chrissy Metz Star in Jamie Sisley’s Drug Addiction Indie Drama

Independent Film

Stay Awake directed by Jamie Sisley

The official trailer dropped for Stay Awake, the drama film starring Wyatt Oleff and Fin Argus as brothers trying their best to navigate teenage life while tending to their mother’s prescription drug addiction.

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FALCON LAKE Trailer. A Shy Teen Falls for An Older Girl in Charlotte Le Bon’s Coming-of-Age Drama

Independent Film

Falcon Lake directed by Charlotte Le Bon

Yellow Veil Pics debuted the official trailer for Falcon Lake, the Canadian coming-of-age indie film adapted from the graphic novel Une sœur, and starring Joseph Engel as a shy 13-year-old French boy who falls for a 16-year-old girl, while on a family vacation in Quebec.

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Stefan Arsenijevic’s Award-Winning Serbian Drama AS FAR AS I CAN WALK Gets US Release | Trailer

Foreign Language Films

As Far As I Can Walk (Strahinja Banovic) directed by Stefan Arsenijevic

Directed by Serbian Oscar-nominated director Stefan Arsenijevic, the award-winning drama As Far As I Can Walk (Strahinja Banovic) follows a couple who left Ghana with a dream of a better life in Europe and now live as refugees in Belgrade.

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Will-o’-the-Wisp Trailer. Portuguese Gay Fantasy Film by João Pedro Rodrigues Opens in US Cinemas in May

Foreign Language Films, Independent Film, LGBTQ

Will-o’-the-Wisp (Fogo-Fátuo) directed by João Pedro Rodrigues

Strand Releasing revealed the official trailer for Will-o’-the-Wisp (Fogo-Fátuo), a Portuguese musical fantasy film starring Mauro Costa as Alfredo, the crown prince of Portugal who becomes a volunteer fireman and falls for a fellow fireman.

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Blow Up My Life + Paris Is In Harlem to Kickoff Harlem International Film Festival 2023 Music Themed Lineup

Harlem International Film Festival

Blow Up My Life directed by Ryan Dickie and Abigail Horton

The 2023 Harlem International Film Festival (Hi) unveiled a music themed lineup of 64 films, including 35 features (14 narrative, 21 documentary), 29 shorts (20 narrative, 9 documentary), 2 television episodes, and 2 VR projects for its 18th edition – a hybrid event taking place in-person May 18-28.

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The Secrets of Hillsong Official Trailer. Documentary on Megachurch’s Scandals Debuts on Hulu

Documentary

The Secrets of Hillsong (screenshot \ FX)

Everything will come to light.

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THE MELT GOES ON FOREVER: THE ART AND TIMES OF DAVID HAMMONS Trailer. Documentary Chronicles Celebrated Artist Life and Work

Documentary

The Melt Goes On Forever: The Art And Times Of David Hammons

Greenwich Entertainment shared the official trailer for The Melt Goes On Forever: The Art And Times Of David Hammons, a documentary portrait described as “unconventional chronicle” of artist David Hammons’ life and work.

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Mountainfilm 2023 Confirms First Films – Wild Life, Trees (and other entanglements), Impossible Town

Mountainfilm in Telluride

Trees, and Other Entanglements

Telluride’s Mountainfilm film festival returns for its 45th edition on Memorial Day weekend, May 25–29, 2023 promising more than 100 adventure-packed films.

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Sony Pictures Classics to Release CARLOS, Rudy Valdez’s Documentary on Musician Carlos Santana

Documentary, Tribeca Film Festival

Carlos Santana in Carlos directed by Rudy Valdez ©Roberto Finizio

Sony Pictures Classics has acquired Carlos, a feature-length documentary film about the father of Latin American jazz fusion and global icon, Carlos Santana. Directed by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Rudy Valdez (The Sentence, We Are: The Brooklyn Saints), the documentary world premieres at 2023 Tribeca Festival.

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