Sometimes truth is much more interesting than fiction - of course, we are talking about documentaries. Are new fashion projects awaiting us in 2021? Everyone is eagerly awaiting new exciting stories, hot social tapes and revealing pictures. We've compiled a list of the best new documentaries of 2021 that should never be missed.
Brigidy Bram
- Bahamas
- Genre: Documentary, Drama, Biography, History
- Director: Laura Gamse, Toby Lunn
The Bahamian artist lives alone without electricity and a mattress, but sleeps in his paintings. At 75, he befriended a young iconographer and told him about his diagnosis of schizophrenia in the 1950s and about the shock therapy that left an indelible mark on his art and his memory.
Russian cantata
- Russia
- Genre: Documentary
- Director: Alexander Bryntsev
A documentary project about the history of the creation of the famous "Russian Cantata" by Sergei Prokofiev from Eisenstein's film "Alexander Nevsky". The creators of the picture received a grant from the Odyssey Foundation. The film was presented at the First Crimean Pitching at the end of 2019. The film, shot at Mosfilm in the late 30s of the last century, was actually born in the Crimea. It was here that Sergei Prokofiev wrote the music, the libretto for it was Konstantin Trenev, and the script was Pyotr Pavlenko. The premiere of "Russian Cantata" is scheduled for 2021 - the year of the 800th anniversary of the birth of the Grand Duke Alexander Nevsky and the 130th anniversary of the birth of Sergei Prokofiev.
Epic Denied: Depriving the Forty Days of Musa Dagh
- USA
- Genre: Documentary
- Director: Edwin Avaness, Serj Minassians
A documentary about the trials and tribulations of Hollywood's many attempts to create an epic film based on Franz Werfel's worldwide bestseller The Forty Days of Musa Dag. Created by producer Irwin Thalberg and MGM in the 1930s and unknown millionaire John Kurkjian in the 1980s, the projects never came out. According to Variety, this novel became the most popular movie in Hollywood history.
Girls at Work: Spice Girls (Girl Powered: The Spice Girls)
- USA
- Genre: music, documentary, biography
- Channel 4
A documentary project about the Spice Girls from the well-known UK TV channel Channel 4. This is the story of a popular female pop group that is unknown except perhaps to the new generation Z (generation of zoomers). The premiere of the film is timed to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the band's very first single, "Wannabe". The project consists of archival videos and photos, previously unreleased excerpts from interviews, scandalous statements, high-profile news reports and other attributes of the ascent of the Spice Girls members to the Olympus of world fame.
The creators of the documentary promise to tell in all details how the girls had to fight for their success in the 90s with the real titans of British rock - the influential and commercially successful Oasis and Blur at the time. The project was announced when the band announced their world tour in 2021, which they will embark on to celebrate 25 years of creation.
Estuary: battle for paradise
- Russia
- Genre: Documentary, Drama
- Director: Sergei Lysenko.
The tape is dedicated to the idea of preserving the National Natural Park called "Tuzlov Estuary". The debut teaser was presented in Ukrinform, the release is scheduled for 2021. The idea of the project came to the director Sergei Lysenko 3 years ago during the filming of another tape in the Odessa region. Then Lysenko got acquainted with a whole team of nature conservationists, who headed the "Tuzlov estates".
They desperately advocate the preservation of the park, because no one else in Ukraine is interested in this. The team members boldly voiced the names of the criminals, revealed corruption schemes and did everything to physically preserve this natural corner. The national park is currently known for more than fifty ship production, as well as for the illegal seizure of the park's territories and unauthorized fishing, which are covered by the governing authorities.
“This is a separate struggle, a separate mafia, when poachers from OK Granit-2 usurped the communication between the estuary and the sea in order to take all the fish. Watch our trailer and you will see how difficult it is to deal with all this, ”said Lysenko.
This is a project about the real life of the people of the natural "Tuzlovsky estuaries", about their difficult everyday life.
Our planet (One Planet)
- USA
- Genre: Documentary
- Director: Bambi Blitz
The film assists in solving environmental problems, including global warming, climate change, air and ocean pollution, the disappearance of rare species of animals, water scarcity, degradation of tropical forests and much more. The tape will show scientists, global influencers, famous activists and corporate leaders doing good deeds for the future of the planet. The film will be part of a unified solution that has brought the aforementioned influencers to work together globally.
Pine State Phantoms 2
- USA
- Genre: documentary, mystic
- Director: Nathaniel Brislin
Continuation of the documentary of the same name in 2019. According to the plot, Sabattus (a city in Androskoggin County, Maine, USA) is an old city and, like any old city, it has its own history, tragedies and conflicts. However, there is a house in Sabatta that is different from other similar dwellings. According to the owner, from time to time strange phenomena can be observed near the house: dark figures, balls of light and sounds of unknown origin. Then investigator Nate Brislin decided to document the strange events in this house, listen to eyewitness accounts and go on an expedition. Finally he dares to ask himself: are they not ghosts?
Heartprints in the Snow
- USA
- Genre: Documentary
- Director: Robert Michael Anderson
Dog sledding is not just a sport. It is a bond that lasts a lifetime. Discover a love of sport that reveals the friendship and heart bond between man and dog.
Choice - Being Homeless in the U.S.
- USA
- Genre: Documentary
- Director: JW Richardson
In the list of the best and most interesting documentaries of 2021, an American novelty is a project about why a person chooses to live on the street. There are 500,000 homeless people in the United States. Most of them made their own choice in favor of homelessness. This film is about a group of people who make a conscious choice to give up everything.
