HBO released the trailer for the documentary “40 Years a Prisoner” chronicling one of the most controversial shootouts in American history: the 1978 police raid on the radical, back-to-nature group MOVE by the Philadelphia Police Department.
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69: THE SAGA OF DANNY HERNANDEZ , New Tekashi69 Documentary Debuts on Hulu
69: The Saga of Danny Hernandez The new documentary “69: The Saga of Danny Hernandez” about the rise and fall of Tekashi69, one of the most controversial figures in contemporary pop culture, is streaming now exclusively on Hulu.
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Watch Trailer for SMALL AXE: LOVERS ROCK, Second Film in Steve McQueen’s Small Axe Anthology
Steve McQueen’s LOVERS ROCK Amazon Prime released the official trailer for Lovers Rock, the second film in Steve McQueen’s Small Axe anthology. Small Axe will premiere with Mangrove starring Letitia Wright and Shaun Parkes on Friday, November 20, with a new film premiering each Friday as follows: Lovers Rock on 11/27 starring Micheal Ward and Amarah-Jae St. Aubyn, Red, White and Blue on 12/4 starring John Boyega, Alex Wheatle on 12/11 with newcomer Sheyi Cole, and the final film Education on 12/18 featuring Kenyah Sandy.
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5th Critics Choice Documentary Awards Winners – DICK JOHNSON IS DEAD Wins Best Documentary Feature
Dick Johnson Is Dead Dick Johnson is Dead took home the most prestigious award for Best Documentary Feature as well as Best Director for Kirsten Johnson at the fifth annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards which was not held in person due to the ongoing pandemic.
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HollyShorts Film Festival 2020 Award Winners – Emil Gallardo’s “1, 2, 3, ALL EYES ON ME” Wins Grand Prix
Emil Gallardo’s “1, 2, 3, ALL EYES ON ME” Wins Grand Prix at 2020 HollyShorts Film Festival HollyShorts Film Festival announced the 2020 winners of their “Sweet 16” year. 1, 2, 3, ALL EYES ON ME from director Emil Gallardo went home with the Oscar-Qualifying Grand Prix award which comes with a $15,000 Camera Package from Panavision.
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DocLands Documentary Film Festival Announces 2021 Dates
AY MARIPOSA Director Krista Schlyer on stage with Environmental Activists/Film Subjects Zulema Hernandez, Juventina Herrera and Marianna Trevino Wright for their #DocLands Q+A with Senior Programmer Kelly Clement. Photo by Tommy Lau Photography. via Facebook The 5th annual DocLands Documentary Film Festival will be held virtually Friday, May 7 – Sunday, May 16, 2021. The announcement was made by Mark Fishkin, Founder/Executive Director of the California Film Institute and Founder/Director of the internationally known Mill Valley Film Festival.
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African Diaspora International Film Festival 2020 Opens with “St. Louis Blues” and Closes with “Lil’ Buck, Real Swan”
Lil’ Buck, Real Swan by Louis Wallecan The African Diaspora International Film Festival (ADIFF) will celebrate its 28th anniversary virtually nationwide for the first time from November 27 to December 13 with 75 narratives and documentaries from 31 countries including 26 World, US and New York premieres.
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Watch Trailer for BORN TO BE, Acclaimed Documentary on Trailblazing Transgender Medical Care
Mahogany Goes To Surgery in Tania Cypriano’s BORN TO BE Kino Lorber released the trailer for Born to Be, the award winning documentary directed by Tania Cypriano on Mount Sinai Center for Transgender Medicine & Surgery – America’s first hospital center for transgender medical care.
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Watch Trailer for THE KILLING OF TWO LOVERS, Robert Machoian’s Powerful Sundance Thriller
THE KILLING OF TWO LOVERS directed by Robert Machoian NEON released the trailer for Robert Machoian’s powerful thriller The Killing of Two Lovers which arrives in theaters on February 23rd, 2021
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Sam Pollard’s MLK/FBI Kicks off Hampton’s Doc Fest 2020 Film Lineup
MLK/FBI, directed by Sam Pollard The Hamptons Doc Fest announced the full film slate for its 13th year, expanded from 5 days to 10 days and running online December 4-13. Sam Pollard’s MLK/FBI kicks off this year’s virtual festival boasting a lineup of 35 films that cover a range of topics including, politics, public health, environment, American history, and the arts.
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European Film Awards 2020 Nominations Announced -CORPUS CHRISTI, ANOTHER ROUND, MARTIN EDEN
Another Round by Thomas Vinterberg The European Film Academy announced the nominations for the 33rd European Film Awards. Films nominated for Best European Film include Another Round, Berlin Alexanderplatz, Corpus Christi, Martin Eden, The Painted Bird and Undine. Films nominated for Best European Documentary include Acasa – My Home, Collective (Colectiv), Gunda, Little Girl (Petite Fille), Saudi Runaway and The Cave.
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62nd Nordic Film Days Winners – Latvian Film THE PIT Wins Best Film
Winners of 2020 Lübeck Nordic Film Days (Nordische Filmtage Lübeck) © Nordische Filmtage Lübeck, O. Malzahn At the award ceremony for this year’s online edition of the Lübeck Nordic Film Days (Nordische Filmtage Lübeck), ten prizes were handed out, and for the first time ever, the NDR Film Prize, worth 12,500 euros went to a film from Latvia, director Dace Pūce’s feature debut “The Pit” (“Bedre”).