with all due respect, the movie was started in Kickstarter back in 2012, filmed in 2013, but "The film debuted at the American Documentary Film Festival in Palm Springs, CA, on April 3, 2017. " Imagine the shock when I saw Go Seigen in the film.
I would guess they ran into some hiccups in post production and didnāt want to release until they were satisfied with the end product (from what Iāve seen, it was worth it)