What's on DocPlay in October

Here's what's streaming on DocPlay in October.

COMING IN SEPTEMBER

Explore the work of auteurs and artists on DocPlay this October: the extreme challenges of the filmmaking process are laid bare in Burden of Dreams (4K restoration) and Lost in La Mancha, while indie band Pavements come to life in Alex Ross Perry’s multi-layered hybrid work. Kim’s Video is an investigative thriller that pays homage to the beloved video store institution; it streams alongside an exclusive Q&A with director David Redmon. Later in the month, Australian director Gabrielle Brady’s TIFF-premiering doc The Wolves Always Come At Night streams exclusively on DocPlay.

6 Oct

Mogwai: If the Stars Had A Sound

25 years of the cult Scottish band Mogwai. When a pioneering band stays true to their roots and follows their own path, the outcome is 'bigger than words and wider than pictures'.

Pavements • Exclusive

Irreverent indie rock pioneers Pavement go through the looking glass in Alex Ross Perry's multilayered experimental documentary hybrid.

9 Oct

Homegrown

Three alt-right men push America to the brink after Trump’s 2020 defeat. A chilling and prescient portrait.

13 Oct

Kim’s Video

Part personal video essay, part documentary, and part creative intervention, Kim's Video charts the rise, the fall and the relocation of an iconic New York video store improbably transplanted into the heart of Mafia country. 

20 Oct

Burden of Dreams (4K restoration) • Exclusive

The making of Werner Herzog’s epic Fitzcarraldo: an extraordinary document of the filmmaking process, and a unique look into the single-minded mission of one of cinema’s most fearless directors.

Lost in La Mancha • Exclusive

Narrated by Jeff Bridges and made by acclaimed directors Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe, Lost in La Mancha captures visionary director Terry Gilliam's aborted attempt to complete his passion project The Man Who Killed Don Quixote.

27 Oct

The Women of Pike River

On the 19th November 2010, 29 men were killed in a mining disaster that should never have happened. The Women of Pike River follows a four year journey of six family members as they fight for justice, accountability and re-entry into the mine’s drift to retrieve evidence and the bodies of their loved ones. Pike River (dir. Rob Sarkies) opens in cinemas across New Zealand on November 30.

30 Oct

The Wolves Always Come At Night • Exclusive

From Australian director Gabrielle Brady (Island of the Hungry Ghosts), this remarkable hybrid documentary weaves an intimate portrait of the effects of climate change and urban migration on an increasing number of Mongolian nomadic herders.