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We're still more than a month away from the start of the new fall broadcast season, but that doesn't mean there isn't anything to watch in August.

Homeroom has released its first trailer. Directed by  Peter Nicks and executive produced by Coogler, the Hulu Original doc will premiere on both Hulu and in select theaters on Thursday, August 12. The film follows an Oakland High School’s class of 2020 as they confront an “unprecedented year” due to anxiety over test scores, college applications, the pandemic, and their attempt to defund the school district’s police force.  Homeroom is billed as Nicks’ final chapter in a trilogy...

Some of the higher-profile films will be coming to a theater or streaming service near you over the next calendar year.

NOW Magazine Hot Docs review: Homeroom Immersive, powerful film follows a diverse and politically aware senior class in Oakland through nine tumultuous months By Norman Wilner NNNNN Oakland documentarian Nicks took us into an ER in The Waiting Room and shadowed the police department in The Force. The third film in his informal, invaluable trilogy follows the senior class of Oakland High School – diverse, politically aware and extremely online – from September 2019 to June 2020. Nic...

SUNDANCE AWARD-WINNING FILM FROM DIRECTOR PETER NICKS, PRODUCER SEAN HAVEY AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCER RYAN COOGLER OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE Hulu · Hulu has acquired the U.S. distribution rights to Emmy Award-winning director/cinematographer Peter Nicks 2021 Sundance Film Festival official selection HOMEROOM. · HOMEROOM is Peter Nicks final chapter in a trilogy of films examining the relationship between health care, criminal justice, and education in Oakland, CA over the past decade. Hulu i...

Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images Proximity, whose exec ranks include Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian and Ludwig Goransson, counts as its first feature film six-time Oscar nominee Judas and the Black Messiah. Proximity Media — the banner run by Black Panther director Ryan Coogler, among others — has expanded its footprint beyond features and television into nonfiction content, podcasting and music. Along with Coogler, Proximity, which recently released Searching), Oscar-winning composer Ludwi...

G. Allen Johnson April 2, 2021 John Boyega stars in “Naked Singularity,” which will make its world premiere as the opening night film of the 2021 San Francisco International Film Festival on April 9. Photo: SFFilm Programming a film festival in 2021 has an inherent difficulty: Because of the coronavirus pandemic, filmmakers toiling away in 2020 were challenged like never before. Worries about budget and resources are a constant in independent filmmaking; adding COVID-19 proto...

Nanfu Wang, Stanley Nelson films added to Hot Docs’ special presentations roster The Hot Docs International Documentary Festival has added 13 more documentary features that will screen as part of this year’s Special Presentations program. The festival’s Special Presentations selection features world ... March 16, 2021 The Hot Docs I...

NOW Magazine Hot Docs 2021: Films on Bruce Mau, Sesame Street join lineup The documentary film fest has announced another round of high-profile titles playing this year By Kevin Ritchie Mar 16, 2021 In The Same Breath, Nanfu Wangs investigation into the origins of COVID-19, will play at the 2021 Hot Docs film festival. Films on designer Bruce Mau, women in stand-up comedy and disgraced Nike track coach Alberto Salazar will screen at the 2021 Hot Docs film festival. The titles are part...

Berlin: How COVID-19 Has Changed Onscreen Storytelling Jennifer Konerman Homeroom The coronavirus pandemic has obviously changed how movies are being made, with the extra costs involved in testing and implementing strict hygienic regimes, and the constant threat hanging over every shoot that a local outbreak or lockdown could shut things down.  But what impact has the once-in-a-lifetime, global experience of the Corona crisis had on what stories filmmakers want to tell?  The ...