It’s a quiet but quality indie weekend led by documentaries and a few features in limited release as Gladiator 2 and Wicked storm in, other independents hold over, and ahead of anticipated specialty debuts next week like Queer, The Seed Of The Sacred Fig and Maria.
Docs out today follow artists in Ukraine, women in Afghanistan, South African photographer Ernest Cole and Amichai Lau-Lavie, a gay Israeli descendant of rabbis who becomes one himself.
Narrative features include Hong Sangoo’ A Traveler’s Needs, animated Flow and The Black Sea. Porcelain War from Picturehouse, the Sundance Grand Jury/U.S.
Documentary Award winner that just screened at DOC NYC, opens at NYC’s IFC Center. Filmmakers Brendan Bellomo and Slava Leontyev and participant Anya Stasenko are on hand for Q&As with award winning producer Paula DuPre’ Pesman.
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