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Stills from film SALLY, FOLKTALES, MITRESS DISPELLER, and COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT

    A wave of diverse new documentaries will be available to U.S. audiences this summer and fall. If you missed these four films at Full Frame 2025 (or if you’re ready to watch them again) you can see them in theaters and on streaming services as early as June.

    Read on for more details.

     

    Jacinda Ardern smiles widely to the camera's left. An individual in a suit is in soft focus behind.

    PRIME MINISTER

    Magnolia Pictures, HBO Documentary Films and CNN Films have teamed up to release PRIME MINISTER (directed by Michelle Walshe and Lindsay Utz) in theaters on June 13. It will be available to stream on Max later in 2025. 

    The Right Honorable Dame Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand’s 40th Prime Minister, led her nation through unprecedented challenges, implemented bold policies, and became the second leader in history to give birth in office, all while championing an inclusive and empathetic leadership style that changed global expectations of what a leader can be. 

     

    NASA Astronaut Sally Ride posing with her space helmet.

    SALLY

    SALLY, directed by Cristina Costantini, makes its streaming debut on NatGeo on June 16 and will be available on Disney+ and Hulu on June 17. 

    Sally Ride became the first American woman to blast off into space, but beneath her unflappable composure was a secret. Sally’s life partner, Tam O’Shaughnessy, reveals their hidden romance and the sacrifices that accompanied their 27 years together. Photo: NASA.

     

    An individual looks toward a howling sled dog.FOLKTALES

    FOLKTALES, directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, was acquired by Magnolia Pictures and will screen in select theaters in the U.S. beginning July 25. 

    On the precipice of adulthood, teenagers converge at a traditional folk high school in Arctic Norway. Dropped at the edge of the world, they must rely on only themselves, one another, and a loyal pack of sled dogs as they all grow in unexpected directions.

     

    Two smiling people relax on the floor with their dogs.COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT

    COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT, directed by Ryan White, will stream this fall on Apple TV+. 

    An unexpectedly funny and joyful love story, poets Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley navigate life and mortality in the face of an incurable diagnosis.

     

     

    A person in a blue sparkly jacket with fur collar holds a mobile phone. they are seated at a table in front of a brocade curatin and a shelf of books.

    MISTRESS DISPELLER

    MISTRESS DISPELLER, directed by Elizabeth Lo, was acquired by Oscilloscope Laboratories and will be showing in select theaters across the U.S. this fall. 

    Desperate to save her marriage, a woman in China hires a professional to go undercover and break up her husband’s affair.

     

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