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Farmlands (2019)
Documentary,
A detailing of the plight of white South African farmers.
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Farmlands 2019

Fire in Paradise (2019)
Documentary,
On 9/8/18 a fire broke out in California near the town of Paradise. Over the course of a few hours, the Camp Fire grew into the country’s deadliest wildfire in over a century. Through first-hand footage of the disaster and interviews with survivors and responders, FIRE IN PARADISE retells the survival stories from that day.
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Fire in Paradise 2019

No Safe Spaces (2019)
Documentary,
Adam Carolla and Dennis Prager examine the reality of life and discourse on college campuses in modern America.
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No Safe Spaces 2019

Jesus is King: A Kanye West Film (2019)
Documentary, Music,
An IMAX documentary capturing the Sunday Service performances done by Kanye West and the Sunday Service crew throughout the course of 2019.
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Jesus is King: A Kanye West Film 2019

Afterward (2020)
Documentary,
In this timely and fearless personal documentary, director Ofra Bloch engages with the people she was raised to hate and dismiss. Seen as a victim in one context and a perpetrator in the next, the film points towards a future – an “afterward” – that attempts to live with the truths of history in order to make sense of the present.
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Afterward 2020

Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets (2019)
Documentary,
A portrait of the lives of a disparate group of patrons and employees at an American watering hole today.
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Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets 2019

Little Miss Westie (2019)
Documentary,
Ren & Luca chronicles a year in the life of two transgender siblings as they navigate puberty, a local beauty pageant, and transitioning in the Trump era.
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Little Miss Westie 2019

Wrinkles the Clown (2019)
Documentary,
In Florida, parents can hire Wrinkles the Clown to scare their misbehaving children.
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Wrinkles the Clown 2019

The Art of Political Murder (2019)
Documentary,
An investigation into the truth behind the murder of Guatemalan Bishop, Juan Gerardi, who was killed in 1998 just days after trying to hold the country's military accountable for the atrocities committed during its civil war.
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The Art of Political Murder 2019

An Officer & His Holiness: The Dalai Lama's Secret Escape into Exile (2019)
Documentary,
Told in his own words on film, the documentary reveals how in 1959, His Holiness the Dalai Lama escaped from Tibet into India on foot over the Himalayas. This perilous trek took 13 days, with the Dalai Lama only able to travel at night to evade detection. This singular event has influenced the lives of millions worldwide.
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An Officer & His Holiness: The Dalai Lama's Secret Escape into Exile 2019

Meat the Future (2019)
Documentary,
Meat the Future ushers the viewer into a world vexed by the impacts of modern day industrial animal agriculture and zeros in on a solution-focused story. Revealing challenges and breakthroughs and posing a myriad of questions about the future, this 90-minute character-driven documentary explores the advent of real meat without the need to raise and slaughter animals. Spanning three years, Meat the Future chronicles the potentially game-changing birth of a new food industry referred to as “cell-based” “clean” and “cultured” meat – a term hotly debated as the industry approaches commercialization
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Meat the Future 2019

Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast (2019)
Documentary,
In the late 1990s, iconic photographer Bruce Weber managed to convince Robert Mitchum to appear before his camera for a filmed portrait. Weber shot Mitchum in 35mm and 16mm black and white, hanging with friends and cronies in restaurants and hotel rooms and singing before a microphone at Capitol Records, recording standards for a projected album. When Mitchum passed away in 1997, Weber parked his beloved project and it was some time before he went back into his footage, picked up the camera again to continue, and complete, his tribute to Mitchum.
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Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast 2019

Amazing Grace (2019)
Documentary, Music,
The late director Sydney Pollack's behind-the-scenes documentary about the recording of Aretha Franklin's best-selling album Amazing Grace finally sees the light of day more than four decades after the original footage was shot.
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Amazing Grace 2019

Stallone: Frank, That Is (2020)
Documentary,
An inside look into the fascinating life, career and survival of the most unknown famous entertainer in Hollywood.
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Stallone: Frank, That Is 2020

Mark of The Beast: The Legacy of the Universal Werewolf (2019)
Documentary,
A newly produced, feature-length documentary by filmmaker Daniel Griffith, featuring interviews with John Landis, David Naughton, Joe Dante and more
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Mark of The Beast: The Legacy of the Universal Werewolf 2019

Aquarela (2019)
Documentary,
Water is the main protagonist, seen in all its great and terrible beauty. Mountains of ice move and break apart as if they had a life of their own. Kossakovsky's film travels the world, from the precarious frozen waters of Russia's Lake Baikal and Miami in the throes of Hurricane Irma, to Venezuela's mighty Angel Falls in order to paint a portrait of this fluid life force in all its glorious forms. Fragile humans experience life and death, joy and despair in the face of its power.
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Aquarela 2019

Disco Confessions: John Morales, a Life in the Mix (2019)
Documentary,
John Morales, one of the most influential producers of the disco and dance music scenes, was responsible for more than 700 mixes and productions during the 1970s and 1980s, and was the creator, along with Tom Moulton, of “club mixes” and the extended 12-inch single. Filmed in New York, Ibiza and Lanzarote, the film is a biographical portrait that includes Morales discussing music and life with his friends and collaborators Louie Vega, Danny Krivit, DJ Spinna and DJ Spen. Now in his sixties, we see him here more passionate than ever about playing and making music and sharing it with the world.
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Disco Confessions: John Morales, a Life in the Mix 2019

Elvis Unleashed (2019)
Documentary,
Solid outtakes and a few rehearsal moments from the original Elivs ‘68 special with never before seen footage on the big screen of a charming side of Elvis for 70 minutes intertwined with some what promises to be some amazing newly created footage for 30-40 minutes of added value featuring Randy Lewis, Dennis Quaid and others.
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Elvis Unleashed 2019

David Crosby: Remember My Name (2019)
Documentary,
You thought you knew him. Meet David Crosby now in this portrait of a man with everything but an easy retirement on his mind. With unflinching honesty, self-examination, regret, fear, exuberance and an unshakable belief in family and the transformative nature of music, Crosby shares his often challenging journey.
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David Crosby: Remember My Name 2019

Jenny Slate: Stage Fright (2019)
Comedy, Documentary,
Jenny Slate's first stand-up special is a mix of stage time, funny stories about adulthood and conversations with family in her childhood home.
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Jenny Slate: Stage Fright 2019

Free Solo (2018)
Documentary,
Follow Alex Honnold as he becomes the first person to ever free solo climb Yosemite's 3,000 foot high El Capitan wall. With no ropes or safety gear, he completed arguably the greatest feat in rock climbing history.
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Free Solo 2018

The Green Book: Guide to Freedom (2019)
History, Documentary,
In the 1930s, a black postal carrier from Harlem named Victor Green published a book that was part travel guide and part survival guide. It was called The Negro Motorist Green Book, and it helped African-Americans navigate safe passage across America well into the 1960s. Explore some of the segregated nation's safe havens and notorious "sundown towns" and witness stories of struggle and indignity as well as opportunity and triumph.
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The Green Book: Guide to Freedom 2019

17 Blocks (2019)
Documentary,
Using two decades of intimate home video, the story of the Sanford family, whose struggles with addiction and gun violence eventually lead to a journey of love, loss, and acceptance.
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17 Blocks 2019

Margaret Atwood - A Word after a Word after a Word is Power (2019)
Documentary,
Poet, novelist, essayist, CanLit champion, environmental activist. Over a career spanning sixty years Margaret Atwood has never been more relevant than she is today.
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Margaret Atwood - A Word after a Word after a Word is Power 2019

The Biggest Little Farm (2019)
Documentary,
The successes and failures of a couple determined to live in harmony with nature on a farm outside of Los Angeles are lovingly chronicled by filmmaking farmer John Chester, in this inspiring documentary.
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The Biggest Little Farm 2019

Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese (2019)
Documentary, Music,
Part documentary, part concert film, part fever dream, this film captures the troubled spirit of America in 1975 and the joyous music that Dylan performed during the fall of that year.
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Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese 2019

The Many Lives of Nick Buoniconti (2019)
Documentary,
The story of Pro Football Hall of Famer Nick Buoniconti, whose resume encompasses turns as a linebacker, lawyer, sports agent, broadcaster, executive and philanthropist.
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The Many Lives of Nick Buoniconti 2019

Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat (2018)
Documentary,
Exploring the pre-fame years of the celebrated American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, and how New York City, its people, and tectonically shifting arts culture of the late 1970s and '80s shaped his vision.
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Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat 2018

Game of Thrones: The Last Watch (2019)
Documentary,
Post-finale feature-length documentary about the making-of the hit HBO TV show.
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Game of Thrones: The Last Watch 2019

Framing John DeLorean (2019)
Drama, Documentary,
A documentary interspersed with acted scenes, this portrait of John DeLorean covers the brilliant but tragically flawed automaker's rise to stardom and shocking down fall.
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Framing John DeLorean 2019

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