“If Melissa had had a fair trial, she would not be on death row.
– Sabrina Van Tassel, Director
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Tribeca 2020: Watch Trailer for Documentary THE STATE OF TEXAS VS. MELISSA
THE STATE OF TEXAS vs. MELISSA
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Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Hands Out 2020 Jury Awards
Mayor directed by David Osit The 24th Annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival which was cancelled amid COVID-19 public health and safety concerns still handed out jury awards to the official films selected for the festival. The top prize, Reva and David Logan Grand Jury Award was presented to Mayor directed by David Osit. This captivating portrait of life in Palestine under Israeli occupation follows Musa Hadid, the Christian mayor of Ramallah, over the course of his second term as he navigates civic responsibilities in a volatile political climate.
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Coming-of-age Indie Film BABYTEETH Sets June Release Date
Babyteeth IFC Films will release Babyteeth, the powerful, coming-of-age feature debut from Shannon Murphy (“Killing Eve” Season 3) on June 19 in theaters and on demand.
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2020 ReelAbilities Film Festival Toronto Moves Online
Kupenda ReelAbilities Film Festival Toronto will celebrate its 5th Anniversary edition from May 20 – 24, 2020 – all online. ReelAbilities Film Festival will showcase Canadian and International shorts, features, and documentaries about Deaf and disability cultures and by filmmakers and actors with disabilities and/or who are Deaf.
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Michael Moore Releases New Documentary PLANET OF THE HUMANS on Youtube. FREE
Elon Musk, Tesla. Planet of the Humans Still Academy Award-winning filmmaker Michael Moore released the brand new documentary film Planet of the Humans on his RUMBLE Media label – free of charge on Youtube.
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Curaçao IFFR 2020 Canceled, Fest to Screen Past Winners Online
Tierra adentro Due to covid-19 pandemic, the 9th edition of Curaçao IFFR (CIFFR), scheduled for April 21 to 26 2020 in Willemstad, Curaçao, has been cancelled. To continue to offer visibility to filmmakers from the Caribbean region, IFFR has made six previous winners of the Yellow Robin Award available to watch online in Curaçao and the Benelux until May 12 2020.
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39 Films to Screen on ‘Prime Video presents the SXSW 2020 Film Festival Collection’
Cat in the Wall Amazon Prime Video and SXSW announced “Prime Video presents the SXSW 2020 Film Festival Collection” will launch on April 27, 2020 with 39 films, composed of narrative and documentary features, short films and episodic titles. Filmmakers in the official 2020 SXSW Film Festival lineup were invited to opt in to take part in this online film festival, which will play exclusively on Prime Video in the U.S. from April 27, 2020 thru May 6, 2020. The one-time event will be available in front of the Prime Video paywall, free to all U.S. audiences with or without an Amazon Prime membership — all that is needed is a free Amazon account.
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Film at Lincoln Center Announced Lineup for Spring 2020 Virtual Cinema
Someone, Somewhere / Deux moi by Cédric Klapisch Film at Lincoln Center (FLC) announced the upcoming FLC Virtual Cinema lineup for the 2020 spring season. FLC’s new releases include Albert Serra’s provocative period piece Liberté, a NYFF57 selection; a new 2K restoration of Italian master Nanni Moretti’s beloved semi-autobiographical Caro Diario, winner of the Best Director award at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival; Hlynur Pálmason’s superb Nordic psychological thriller A White, White Day; and three standouts from this year’s Rendez-Vous with French Cinema festival: Quentin Dupieux’s Deerskin, a rollicking, absurdist, and lightly surrealist take on the midlife crisis movie starring Oscar-winner Jean Dujardin (The Artist) and Adèle Haenel (Portrait of a Lady on Fire), Christophe Honoré’s On a Magical Night, which earned Chiara Mastroianni Best Actress award in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section for her fierce performance, and Cédric Klapisch’s almost-romance Someone, Somewhere.
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RIP: Gene Deitch, Oscar Winning Animator Dead at 95
Gene Deitch at Bradford Animation Festival 2010 [National Science and Media Museum] Gene Deitch, American-born Czech illustrator, animator, comics artist, and film director died during the night from Thursday to Friday in his apartment in Prague. He was 95.
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Tribeca 2020: Watch Trailer Clips from STATELESS, Documentary on Haiti / Dominican Republic Historical Divide
STATELESS directed by Michèle Stephenson Director Michèle Stephenson’s new documentary Stateless uncovers the complex history and present-day politics of Haiti and the Dominican Republic through the grassroots electoral campaign of a young attorney named Rosa Iris. The documentary will world premiere at the down-sized 2020 Tribeca Film Festival.
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Will Dennis’ Road Trip Dramady VANILLA Arrives on VOD On April 28
Vanilla starring Wil Dennis and Kelsea Bauman-Murphy Gravitas Ventures will release Will Dennis’ road trip dramedy Vanilla also starring Dennis alongside Kelsea Bauman-Murphy, on VOD / digital on April 28, 2020.
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Netflix Makes Many of its Popular Documentaries FREE on Youtube
U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in Knock Down The House Netflix is making many of its documentary features and series available on the Netflix US YouTube channel for free. This is in response to teachers’ requests for access to documentaries which Netflix has previously allowed for screening in their classrooms but not possible with schools being closed.