Documentary "HEY BARTENDER" from SXSW Kicks Off Theatrical Run on June 7 in NYC

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Douglas Tirola's documentary HEY BARTENDER, which had it's world premiere at this year’s SXSW Film Festival, will begin it's theatrical run on June 7, 2013 in New York City at the Village East Cinema.   

Champion Snowboarder Kevin Pearce Documentary "THE CRASH REEL" on Course for Winter 2013 Release Date

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Phase 4 Films is planning an early Winter 2013 theatrical release in the US for Academy-Award nominated filmmaker Lucy Walker's documentary "THE CRASH REEL" which premiered earlier this year at 203 Sundance Film Festival.

Documentary "FREE CHINA: THE COURAGE TO BELIEVE" to Open in LA on May 31 and New York City on June 7

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The documentary, FREE CHINA: THE COURAGE TO BELIEVE,  directed by Michael Perlman (Tibet: Beyond Fear), in which survivors of Chinese forced labor prisons share their stories, opens in LA on May 31 and New York City on June 7. The film will also be released online on June 4th, which marks the historic anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre.

Documentary "AIN'T IN IT FOR MY HEALTH" to Kick off 2013 Big Sky Film Series

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The Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in Missoula, Montana will launch the 2013 Big Sky Film Series with AIN'T IN IT FOR MY HEALTH, director Jacob Hatley’s moving portrait of Levon Helm, the legendary drummer and vocalist for The Band. Hatley and his crew spent nearly three years with Helm at his studio in Woodstock, NY, as Helm miraculously rediscovered his voice after throat-cancer treatment and recorded three Grammy-winning albums before eventually succumbing to the disease last year.

Documentary on African American Funerals to Kick off 26th Season of POV on PBS

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POV (Point of View) kicks off its 26th season on PBS on Monday, June 24, 2013 with Christine Turner's Homegoings, and closes Sept. 23, 2013, with Samantha Buck's Best Kept Secret. Homegoings "takes viewers inside African-American funerals through the heart and soul of a man who has devoted his life to caring for the departed and their loved ones." Best Kept Secret, is described as a film about a Newark, N.J. teacher fighting the system to get her autistic students the help they desperately need.

Documentary RELEASED to Open in NYC on May 10, 2013

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The documentary RELEASED will have its world premiere on Friday, May 10th, 2013 at New York's QUAD Cinema. Directed by Philip Messina, RELEASED introduces three men and one woman, Vilma Ortiz Donovan, Kenneth Harrigan, Casimiro Torres and Angel Ramos, each a convicted felon, who, attempt to overcome a past and defy the grim statistic that two out of every three prisoners released in the United States today will be back in prison within three years. 

Documentary 'Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay' Opens in NY on April 17 and in LA on May 17

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The documentary 'Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay', directed by Molly Bernstein and Alan Edelstein, and an official selection of the 2012 New York Film Festival, opens in NYC at Film Forum on Wednesday, April 17, 2013 and at the Nuart in Los Angeles on May 17, 2013.

Marijuana Documentary California 90420 Headed to Netflix for 420 Day

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Feature documentary CALIFORNIA, 90420 that focuses on the rapidly growing marijuana trade in California and profiles leaders of California's marijuana legalization efforts, will expand to meet the anticipated increased demand prior to National Weed Day, April 20, 2013, aka 420 day.

Recently available on DVD, Amazon VOD, iTunes and Free on Hulu, CALIFORNIA 90420 will be released on Netflix around 4/20/2013, a date celebrated as a holiday each year in the marijuana community.

Baltimore's 12 O’Clock Boys Biker Film to be Released in the US

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Fresh off its world premiere at SXSW, Oscilloscope Laboratories announced that it will release Lotfy Nathan’s debut feature, 12 O’Clock Boys, in the US. The film is is next scheduled to screen at the Hot Docs and Full Frame Documentary Festivals, among others. O-Scope will continue to roll the film out to more festivals prior to its theatrical, DVD, and digital releases.

Documentary "American Meat" Premieres in New York City

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The pro-farmer documentary American Meat will open on Friday, April 12, 2013 at New York City's Cinema Village for its first theatrical screening. The Friday, April 12th opening of American Meat will include a grass carpet entrance, and one of the farmers featured in the film, Joel Salatin, will be dropped off on a tractor.

American Meat is described as a solutions-oriented, macroscopic, "pro-farmer" documentary surveying the current state of the U.S. meat industry. Featuring Fred Kirschenmann, Joel Salatin, Steve Ells, Chuck Wirtz, Paul Willis, and other farmers across America, the film takes an even-handed look at the past and future of animal husbandry and meat production in America. The film explains how America arrived at its current industrial system and introduces the charismatic industry leaders who are working hard to create practical and tangible solutions to change it for the better.