Every Friday we highlight a documentaries that are releasing in theaters. Now, documentaries don't have the financial backing that Hollywood blockbusters enjoy so release dates tend to be limited to a few cities or are based on a rolling system. For this reason, this article won't always be accurate to your specific city but it should give you an idea of what's out there. Now with that formality out of the way, onto the releases!
- Summary: "Though culminating with the farewell concert the ban d played to thousands of adoring fans in their hometown of Sheffield, England, PULP is by no means a traditional concert film or rock doc. As much a testament to the band as it is to the city and inhabitants of Sheffield, PULP weaves exclusive concert footage with man-on-the-street interviews and dreamy staged sequences to paint a picture much larger, funnier, moving, and life-affirming than any music film of recent memory." (From official site)
- Trailer:
- Summary: "Amir Bar-Lev’s documentary HAPPY VALLEY takes an unflinching look
at an iconic American institution in the wake of unthinkable scandal.
Nestled in the idyllic area known as Happy Valley lies the town of State
College and the home of Penn State University. For over 40 years, Joe
Paterno was the celebrated head coach of the school's storied football
team. Lauded not only for his program's success on the field, but also
for students’ achievements in the classroom, Paterno was a revered
figure in a town where team loyalty approached nationalistic fervor.
Then in November 2011 everything changed when longtime assistant coach
Jerry Sandusky was charged with 40 counts of child sex abuse, setting
off a firestorm of accusations about who failed to protect the children
of Happy Valley. Filmed over the course of the year after Sandusky’s
arrest as key players agreed to share their stories, HAPPY VALLEY
deconstructs the story we think we know to uncover a much more
complicated and tragic tale. Director Bar-Lev creates an indelible
portrait of a wounded community and an engrossing investigation into the
role big time college football played in both the crimes and their
aftermath." (From official site)
- Trailer:
- Summary: "There is more interest in food these days than ever, yet there is very
little interest in the hands that pick it. Farmworkers who form the
foundation of our fresh food industry are routinely abused and robbed of
wages. In extreme cases they can be beaten, sexually harassed or even
enslaved - all within the borders of the United States. Food Chains
exposes the human cost in our food supply and the complicity of the
supermarket industry. Supermarkets earn $4 trillion globally and have
tremendous
power over the
agricultural system. Over the past 3 decades they have drained revenue
from their supply chain leaving farmworkers in poverty and forced to
work under subhuman conditions. Yet supermarkets take no responsibility
for this." (From official site)
- Trailer:
- Summary: "MONK WITH A CAMERA chronicles the life and spiritual quest of
Nicholas (Nicky) Vreeland, who for the past twenty-eight years has been a
Tibetan Buddhist monk. The son of a United States Ambassador, grandson
of legendary Vogue editor Diana Vreeland, and a photographer by trade,
Nicky left his privileged life behind to follow his true calling. He
moved to India, cutting his ties with society, photography, and his
pleasure-filled world, to live in a monastery with no running water or
electricity. There he would spend the next 14 years studying to become a
monk. Then in one of life’s beautiful twists, Nicky went back to the
worldly pursuit of photography in order to help his fellow monks rebuild
their monastery, one of the most important of the Tibetan Buddhist
tradition. His journey from being a photographer to becoming a monk
and, most recently, to being appointed as the abbot of the monastery he
helped to rebuild, are the core of the story." (From official site)
- Trailer:
- Summary: "January 2010: In the buckle of the Bible Belt, 10 churches
burn to the ground in just over a month igniting the largest
criminal investigation in East Texas history. No stone is left
unturned and even Satan himself is considered a suspect in this
gripping investigation of a community terrorized from the
inside-out. Families are torn apart and communities of faith
struggle with forgiveness and justice in this incredible true
story." (From official site)
- Trailer:
- Summary: "The Homestretch follows three homeless teens as they fight to stay in school, graduate, and build a future. Each of these smart, ambitious teenagers - Kasey, Anthony and Roque - will surprise, inspire, and challenge audiences to rethink stereotypes of homelessness as they work to complete their education while facing the trauma of being alone and abandoned at an early age. Through haunting images, intimate scenes, and first-person narratives, these teens take us on their journeys of struggle and triumph. As their stories unfold, the film connects us deeply with larger policy issues of juvenile justice, immigration, foster care, and LGBTQIA rights." (From official site)
- Trailer: The Homestretch (trailer) from spargel productions on Vimeo.
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