The official trailer is here for the new Netflix documentary Pray Away that premiered at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival. In the documentary film (executive produced by Ryan Murphy and Jason Blum), former leaders of the “pray the gay away” movement along with current members, and a survivor, chronicle the “ex gay” movement. Directed by Kristine Stolakis, Pray Away debuts globally on Netflix on August 3rd.
Starring Nicole Schalmo, Jack Campbell, Dominic Stone, and Kenneth Trujillo, Risen is the latest addition to the “viral outbreak” genre. Risen is directed, written, and produced by Eddie Arya. It is set to release on August 20th, 2021 in theaters and On Demand.
Filmmaker Mariam Ghani takes an intriguing looking at five unfinished Afghan Communist films in the documentary What We Left Unfinished opening in theaters and virtual cinemas nationwide on Friday, August 6th. Featured in the documentary are Afghan filmmakers Latif Ahmadi, Jawanshir Haidari, and Asadollah Aram
Barbara Lee: Speaking Truth To Power, filmmaker Abby Ginsberg’s (Waging Change, Soft Vengeance: Albie Sachs and the New South Africa) inspiring documentary of Congresswoman Barbara Lee, the highest-ranking African American woman in the U.S. Congress will be released in theaters nationwide starting Friday, August 20, 2021.
IFC Films will release Peter Strickland’s latest film, Flux Gourmet which recently wrapped production. IFC Films previously collaborated with Strickland on his explosive English-language debut Berberian Sound Studio (2012) and follow-up feature The Duke of Burgundy (2014), which both earned critical acclaim upon release and have subsequently garnered a fiercely loyal cult following leading up to his most recent film In Fabric (2018).
Vertical Entertainment released the official trailer for the indie drama film She Ball, written, produced, and directed by Nick Cannon. She Ball starring Nick Cannon, Chris Brown, Bryan “Birdman” Williams, DC Young Fly, Cedric the Entertainer, Melody Rae, KD Aubert, Jaliyah Manuel, Marla Gibbs, and Evan Ross will be released in arrives in theaters and on demand on August 6, 2021.
Dominik Moll’s Only the Animals won the ARRI/Osram Award in the CineMasters competition at the 38th Filmfest München (Munich International Film Festival), while the CineVision Award for best international film by an emerging director went to Philippe Lacôte for Night of the Kings, a co-production from Côte d’Ivoire, France, Canada, and Senegal. The FIPRESCI Prize for the best film in the New German Cinema section went to Monday um zehn by Mareille Klein; and the Audience Award went to Trans – I Got Life by Imogen Kimmel and Doris Metz.
Husband-and-wife helicopter news duo Marika Gerrard and Zoey Tur (known then as Bob) famous for capturing some of Los Angeles’ most epic breaking news stories recount the salacious details of their career in the Sundance documentary Whirlybird. Directed by Matt Yoka, the documentary film opens in selects theaters on Friday, August 6th (see below for theater listings).
The official trailer debuted for the new comedy film Ride the Eagle starring Jake Johnson, Susan Sarandon, J.K. Simmons and D’Arcy Carden. Directed by Trent O’Donnell, the film will be released in theaters, on demand and digital on July 30, 2021 via Decal, a new indie distribution label.
RLJE Films has released the trailer for the drama/thriller film No Man of God starring Elijah Wood, Luke Kirby, Aleksa Palladino, and Robert Patrick. The film is based on actual transcripts of interviews between FBI analyst Bill Hagmaier and the incarcerated Ted Bundy,.
Israeli filmmaker Ra’anan Alexandrowicz’s provocative new documentary on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, “The Viewing Booth,” opens at New York’s Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI) on Friday, August 6.
Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY Releasing is releasing the New Zealand box-office hit Cousins directed by award-winning Māori filmmaking duo Ainsley Gardiner and Briar Grace-Smith. The film debuted theatrically in NYC on July 2nd, and premieres worldwide on Netflix on July 22nd.