The Spy Behind Home Plate, the film from award-winning documentary filmmaker Aviva Kempner about Moe Berg, the baseball player turned spy, premiered the official trailer. The Spy Behind Home Plate is set for national release on Friday, May 24.
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Watch Trailer for THE SPY BEHIND HOME PLATE, Documentary on Moe Berg, the Baseball Player Turned Spy
The Spy Behind Home Plate. Moe Berg as a catcher during his time in MLB – Courtesy of Irwin Berg
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Documentary Filmmaker Marshall Curry’s First Narrative Film THE NEIGHBORS’ WINDOW to World Premiere at Tribeca Film Festival
THE NEIGHBORS’ WINDOW. Kiana (Maria Dizzia) and Jacob (Greg Keller). Photographer: Wolfgang Held. Marshall Curry is a three-time Academy Award nominated documentary filmmaker. His documentary feature Street Fight followed Cory Booker’s first run for mayor of Newark, N.J., and was nominated for an Oscar® and an Emmy®. This year, Curry was nominated for an Academy Award® for his short documentary A Night at The Garden, about a Nazi rally that filled Madison Square Garden in 1939.
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Tim Disney’s Neanderthal Indie Sci Fi Drama WILLIAM Opens in Theaters on Friday, April 12
William directed by Tim Disney William, an interesting indie sci fi film directed by Tim Disney, follows star academics, Doctors Julian Reed and Barbara Sullivan, who fall in love with each other and with the idea of cloning a Neanderthal from ancient DNA. The film starring Will Brittain, Waleed Zuaiter, Maria Dizzia, and Beth Grant opens in theaters on Friday, April 12.
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Dance Documentary IF THE DANCER DANCES Releases Official Trailer + Poster
If the Dancer Dances The dance documentary If the Dancer Dances which follows one of New York City’s top modern dance companies preparing for a major performance, released the official trailer and poster. The documentary, directed by Maia Wechsler, opens theatrically in New York (The Quad) on Friday, April 26th and in Los Angeles on Friday, May 3rd (Laemmle Music Hall) with a national release to follow.
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WALKING ON WATER, A Window Into the Creative Process of Artist Christo, Opens May 17
Walking on Water Documented with uncensored access to Christo and his team, Andrey Paounov’s Walking on Water is a cinema vérité look at the celebrated artist and his process, from inception to completion of 2016’s most visited art event—The Floating Piers, a stretched 2-mile dahlia-yellow walkway that allowed over 1.2 million visitors to safely walk across stretches of Italy’s Lake Iseo to experience the sensation of floating and walking on water. Walking on Water opens in theaters beginning May 17.
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Documentary GENERAL MAGIC, on Rise and Fall of One of the Most Influential Tech Companies, Sets May Release Date
Engineer Megan Smith, General Magic. Megan Smith went on to become VP of Google, founder of Planet Out, The Malala Fund, shift7 and White House Chief Technology Officer under the Obama Adminstration. This incredibly insightful film General Magic from directors Matthew Maude and Sarah Kerruish, that premiered at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival, looks at the rise and fall of the most influential Silicon Valley company you have never heard of called General Magic.
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Claire Denis Named President of Short Films and Cinéfondation Jury at 72nd Cannes Film Festival
Claire Denis French filmmaker and screenwriter Claire Denis will lead the Short Films and Cinéfondation Jury of the 72nd Cannes Film Festival. Claire Denis will succeed Abderrahmane Sissako, Naomi Kawase, Cristian Mungiu and Bertrand Bonello.
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Teen Filmmaker Phillip Youmans’ BURNING CANE, Starring Wendell Pierce, to World Premiere at Tribeca Film Festival
Burning Cane Burning Cane, the feature debut of 19-year-old New Orleans filmmaker Phillip Youmans, will World Premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on Thursday, April 25 in the Narrative Competition section.
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QUIET STORM: THE RON ARTEST STORY, Intimate Look at the NBA Star, to Debut on Showtime
Quiet Storm: The Ron Artest Story The award-winning documentary Quiet Storm: The Ron Artest Story, directed by Johnny Sweet, and based on the turbulent life of one of the NBA’s most controversial figures will premiere on SHOWTIME during Mental Health Awareness Month on Friday, May 31 at 10 p.m. ET/PT.
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First 10 Films Announced for 2019 Maryland Film Festival
Frances Ferguson directed by Bob Byington The Maryland Film Festival has announced the first 10 narrative films selected for the 21st edition taking place from Wednesday, May 8 through Sunday, May 12 in Baltimore’s Station North Arts and Entertainment District. Also included in these 10: John Waters’ annual pick.
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Hola Mexico Film Festival Adds New Section – The Other Mexico/El Otro México – Highlighting Underrepresented Mexicans in Films
BLACK MEXICANS (LA NEGRADA) directed by Jorge Pérez Solano Hola Mexico Film Festival has added a new section, The Other Mexico/El Otro México, highlighting experiences of Mexicans rarely portrayed on screen. The 2019 Hola Mexico Film Festival takes place May 31 to June 8, 2019 in Los Angeles
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RENEGADE DREAMERS Chronicles Artists Carrying on Tradition of Radical Folk Singers of the 60’s
Renegade Dreamers Renegade Dreamers, a new feature documentary by acclaimed filmmaker Karen Kramer (The Jolo Serpent Handlers, The Ballad of Greenwich Village), is a window into the New York spoken word poets and folk singers of today who use their art for social change, interwoven with the Beat poets and radical protest singers of the legendary Greenwich Village coffee house scene of the ‘60s that started it all. This timely film will enjoy a week-long theatrical release starting May 31 at Cinema Village, in the heart of the Village’s vibrant creative community.