A deadly pandemic, a vanishing American Dream, and violence against those who stand up for justice. How did we get here?
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Watch Trailer for STARS AND STRIFE, Political Documentary Exploring Epidemic of Hate
Katherine Gehl, Rahm Emanuel, Hawk Newsome, Leon Panetta in STARS AND STRIFE
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Watch Trailer for THIS IS PARIS, Paris Hilton Under the Lens in Tribeca Doc
This is Paris YouTube unveiled the official trailer for “This is Paris” — an all-new documentary putting Paris Hilton under the lens as she speaks publicly for the first time about heartbreaking trauma and pivotal moments in her early life that forged who she is today.
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Utopia to Release MINOR PREMISE, Eric Schultz’s Fantasia-bound Sci-Fi Thriller
Sathya Sridharan as Ethan in MINOR PREMISE Utopia Distribution is emerging as a leader in independent film acquisition and distribution. Utopia’s latest acquisition, sci-fi thriller Minor Premise, will have its world premiere at the renowned Fantasia Festival in Montreal, which kicks off the genre film festival season, and will take place virtually from August 20 to September 2, 2020.
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TRANSFORMISTAS, Undercover Documentary on LBGTQ Community in Cuba, to Premiere at OUTshine
Transformistas From director Chad Hahne and producer Chris Panizzon, the documentary feature film, Transformistas set in Cuba about the queer and trans community will premiere at the OUTshine festival in Miami on August 25, 2020.
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Watch Trailer for RED WHITE & WASTED, An Unapologetic Look at Race, Class and Politics
Red White & Wasted An unapologetic look at race, class and polarized politics manifest themselves in unexpected and very messy ways in director Andrei Bowden-Schwartz and Sam B. Jones’ Red White & Wasted. Dark Star Pictures released the new trailer ahead of the film’s release in September.
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Watch Trailer for ALL IN: THE FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY, Stacey Abrams Examines Voter Suppression
Stacey Abrams in ALL IN Courtesy of Amazon Studios Amazon released the trailer for All In: The Fight for Democracy the new documentary featuring Stacey Abrams, that examines the issue of voter suppression in the United States. Directed by Academy Award-nominated and Emmy-winning filmmaker Liz Garbus and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Lisa Cortés, All In opens in theaters on September 9, and n Prime Video on September 18.
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Watch Frighteningly Funny HAWK AND REV : VAMPIRE SLAYERS Trailer
Hawk and Rev: Vampire Slayers The new trailer debuted for Ryan Barton Grimley’s frighteningly funny Hawk and Rev: Vampire Slayers set to play at the Dances with Films film festival in Los Angeles later this month.
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Sidewalk Film Festival Announces Lineup of 163 Films for This Year’s Special Drive-in Edition
BANKSY MOST WANTED Sidewalk Film Festival announced the complete film lineup of official selections for the 22nd edition of the Birmingham-based film festival which will take place August 24-30. All 163 films (41 features, 122 shorts) and 23 music videos, will be screened at The Grand River Drive-In at The Backyard in Leeds.
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LINGUA FRANCA and THE DONUT KING Win Top Jury Prizes at Bentonville Film Festival
Lingua Franca Bentonville Film Festival announced the jury prize winners for their sixth annual festival, with Isabel Sandoval’s Lingua Franca winning the jury award for Best Narrative Feature. In this beguiling drama, an undocumented Filipina immigrant paranoid about deportation works as a caregiver to a Russian-Jewish grandmother in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. When the American man she’s secretly paying for a green card marriage backs out, she becomes involved with a slaughterhouse worker who is unaware that she’s transgender.
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Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Documentary SURVIVING THE SILENCE, Gets Spotlight at OUTshine Film Festival
SURVIVING THE SILENCE. Colonel Pat Thompson and Barbara Brass The feature documentary Surviving the Silence, directed and produced by Cindy L. Abel and produced by Marc Smolowitz, will screen virtually for Florida residents as part of this year’s OUTshine Film Festival. The documentary is the untold love story of two women who played an integral part in changing military policy.
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Watch Trailer for BUOYANCY, Australian Human Trafficking Thriller
Buoyancy Kino Lorber released the trailer for the award winning human trafficking thriller Buoyancy, which was Australia’s submission in the International Feature Film category for the 92nd Academy Awards. The film, the feature directorial debut of Australian filmmaker Rodd Rathjen, originally premiered at the Berlin Film Festival and won the Ecumenical Jury Prize in Berlinale Panorama.
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Milwaukee Film to Hold 2 Virtual Fall Fests – Milwaukee and Minority Health Film Festivals
Milwaukee Film will hold two 15-day virtual film festivals this fall including the 12th annual Milwaukee Film Festival (MFF2020), which although virtual, will take place during its previously announced dates of Oct. 15-29. The second Minority Health Film Festival (MHFF), presented by the Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin regional health network, will expand to 15 days, running from Sept. 10-24.