According to a rather poor article that I came across, Sergio's documentary will be available in April - not clear as to where or when. They also had the title wrong - "IN THE SKY OF JOY." I will check with John Scheinfeld for further info.
Steve--Will the PBS viewing be part of the My Music series produced by TJ Lubinsky? These music shows are fabulous--even the pledge breaks are entertaining.I received this yesterday from John Scheinfeld:
There’s some good news to share about the Sergio Mendes documentary. Unfortunately, COVID curtailed/delayed distribution of the film which, as you’ll remember, had its world premiere at the 2020 Santa Barbara International Film Festival. However, HBO Latin America has licensed the full-length feature and it will premiere on HBO Brazil on April 24th. It will then be available on HBO in Mexico, all Spanish language speaking countries in the Caribbean, as well as in Central America and South America. Sergio and I will be doing a virtual press tour on April 14th to compliment the big PR push that will be put on by HBO Latin America.
US distribution has been a bit more challenging. The distributor has opted to create and license a short version of the film…60 minutes…to PBS which will premiere in June during the pledge period. Sergio recorded an interview a few weeks back which will become part of the actual pledge breaks. If it performs well, more stations will air it in the August pledge period The full length version will appear on multiple streaming platforms in October. Details are yet to be worked out.