“All About Nina”
Director: Eva Vives
Cast: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Common, Clea DuVall, Melonie Diaz
Synopsis: A bracingly funny and blisteringly provocative stand-up comedian whose career is taking off, but whose personal life is a near-complete disaster escapes to Los Angeles to discover her life. There, she meets a man who challenges almost every preconception she has — including those around her own deeply troubled past.
“Nico, 1988”
Director: Susanna Nicchiarelli
Cast: Trine Dyrholm, John Gordon Sinclair, Anamaria Marinca
Synopsis: The last year of singer Nico’s life, a rock and roll star on the skids, as she tours and grapples with addiction and personal demons. The ailing singer-songwriter tries to right past wrongs by reconnecting with friends and family she might have neglected or shunned in the past. Danish singer/actress Trine Dyrholm stars as the eccentric late-artist best known for her collaborations with The Velvet Underground.
“Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda”
Director: Stephen Nomura Schible
Cast: Ryuichi Sakamoto
Synopsis: A portrait of genius music composer Ryuichi Sakamoto and his return to music after a cancer diagnosis. His awareness of his own mortality, the finiteness that comes with such circumstances, leads to him create what might be his final masterpiece: Coda.
“The Rachel Divide”
Director: Laura Brownson
Cast: Rachel Dolezal
Synopsis: Distributed by Netflix, the too-crazy-to-be-true story of self-described “trans-racial” activist Rachel Dolezal, a former leader of the NAACP’s Spokane branch, and lollipop saleswoman, who became a national news story when she was exposed for faking her black ancestry and consequentially faced major backlash.
