The Circuit

One of the more passionate doc programmers, Toronto's Thom Powers, runs a good blog.  He has the lineup here, with a tease that more is coming.  At first glance, these look interesting:

Mathew Kaufman and Jon Hart's "American Swing" about the infamous New York sex club, Plato's Retreat.

"It Might Get Loud" from Oscar winner Davis Guggenheim ("An Inconvenient Truth") and producer Thomas Tull, is a celebration of the electric guitar via Jimmy Page, U2's The Edge, and Jack White.

"More Than a Game" by Kristopher Belman, follows a high school basketball team in Akron, Ohio that happens to include LeBron James.

"The Real Shaolin" by Alexander Sebastien Lee chronicles the rigorous training of two Chinese and two western student at the famed Shaolin temple.

Jeffrey Levy-Hinte's "Soul Power" about star-packed concert that accompanied the Ali/Forman 1974 bout "Rumble in the Jungle"

Sean Penn narrates Dana Nachman and Don Hardy's doc about a too-tough-on-crime DA, "Witch Hunt."

"Atomic Cafe" co-director Kevin Rafferty brings "Harvard Beats Yale 29-29," a look at the '60s through the eyes of Ivy League football players of the times, including Tommy Lee Jones.

"The Dungeon Master" by Keven McAlester is about three adults obsessed with role playing games.  It's shot by Lee Daniel and scored by Blonde Redhead.