Cinedigm has a sextet of films on its slate, the titles are listed below. (NOTE: These arrived on 11/12/13)

Call Me Kuchu

Director: Katherine Fairfax Wright, Malika Zouhali-Worrall
Premise: From IMDb: “In Uganda, a new bill threatens to make homosexuality punishable by death. David Kato – Uganda’s first openly gay man – and his fellow activists work against the clock to defeat the legislation while combating vicious persecution in their daily lives. But no one, not even the filmmakers, is prepared for the brutal murder that shakes the movement to its core and sends shock waves around the world.”
Oscar Chances: Uncertain: The subject matter should be the perfect fodder for Academy’s politically-fascinated documentary filmmakers. However, the film must make the initial round of votes to make it further and a nomination would not be surprising, though a win seems improbable.
Rotten Tomatoes:
97% (8.1 average rating) (38 critics; as of 11/13/13)
Metacritic:
80 out of 100 (15 critics; as of 11/13/13)

Dead Man’s Burden

Stars: Barlow Jacobs, Clare Bowen, David Call, Joseph Lyle Taylor, Richard Riehle, Jerry Clarke, Adam O’Byrne, Travis Hammer, Luce Rains, William Sterchi
Director: Jared Moshe
Premise: From IMDb: “A western set on the New Mexico frontier a few years after the Civil War and centered on a struggling young family and the mining company who wants to buy their land.”
Oscar Chances: None
Rotten Tomatoes:
76% (6.9 average rating) (17 critics; as of 11/13/13)
Metacritic:
76 out of 100 (12 critics; as of 11/13/13)

Don’t Stop Believin’: Everyman’s Journey

Director: Ramona S. Diaz
Premise: From IMDb: “A documentary on Arnel Pineda, who was plucked from YouTube to become the new singer for the rock & roll band, Journey.”
Oscar Chances: None
Rotten Tomatoes:
65% (6.1 average rating) (40 critics; as of 11/13/13)
Metacritic:
53 out of 100 (15 critics; as of 11/13/13)

Narco Cultura

Director: Shaul Schwarz
Premise: From IMDb: “To a growing number of Mexicans and Latinos in the Americas, narco traffickers have become iconic outlaws and the new models of fame and success. They represent a pathway out of the ghetto – a new form of the American Dream, fueled by the war on drugs. NARCO CULTURA looks at this explosive phenomenon from within; cycles of addiction to money, drugs and violence that are rapidly gaining strength on both sides of the US/Mexican border.”
Oscar Chances: None
Rotten Tomatoes:
No Score Yet (2 critics; as of 11/13/13)
Metacritic:
<No Score Yet (0 critics; as of 11/13/13)

Our Nixon

Director: Penny Lane
Premise: From IMDb: “Never before seen Super 8 home movies filmed by Richard Nixon’s closest aides – and convicted Watergate conspirators – offer a surprising and intimate new look into his Presidency.”
Oscar Chances: None
Rotten Tomatoes:
92% (7.6 average rating) (37 critics; as of 11/13/13)
Metacritic:
72 out of 100 (14 critics; as of 11/13/13)

Short Term 12

Stars: Brie Larson, John Gallagher Jr., Kaitlyn Dever, Stephan Beatriz, Rami Malek, Alex Calloway, Kevin Hernandez, Lydia Du Veaux, Keith Stanfield
Director: Destin Cretton
Premise: From IMDb: “A 20-something supervising staff member of a foster care facility navigates the troubled waters of that world alongside her co-worker and longtime boyfriend.”
Oscar Chances: Uncertain: The film is easily one of the best reviewed titles of the year, but the Academy has a history of being risk-averse when it comes to true indie films. The “indie” films put out by the major studios’ specialty shingles have no problem making it through, but all other comers struggle. It’s quite possible the film ends up in the writing category, but I doubt it makes it beyond that.
Rotten Tomatoes:
98% (8.2 average rating)% (117 critics; as of 11/13/13)
Metacritic:
82 out of 100 (35 critics; as of 11/13/13)