The following past Sundance Film Festival documentaries are scheduled for release this month:
>April 1
Streaming: Max
THE SYNANON FIX
Sundance 2024
Director:
Rory Kennedy
About:
Exploring the rise and fall of the Synanon organization — through the eyes of the members who lived it — from its early days as a groundbreaking drug rehabilitation program to its later descent into what many consider a cult.
>April 2
On DVD
INFLUENCE
Sundance 2020
Director:
Diana Neille, Richard Poplak
About:
A deep dive into the rise and fall of disgraced PR/reputation management firm Bell Pottinger.
>April 5
In Theatres
KIM’S VIDEO
Sundance 2023
Director:
David Redmon, Ashley Sabin
About:
Playing with the forms and tropes of various cinema genres, the filmmaker sets off on a quest to find a legendary lost video collection of 55,000 movies in Sicily.
>April 5
Streaming: Apple TV+
GIRLS STATE
Sundance 2024
Director:
Amanda McBaine, Jesse Moss
About:
Teenage girls from wildly different backgrounds across Missouri navigate a week-long immersive experiment in American democracy, build a government from the ground up, and reimagine what it means to govern.
>April 9
Streaming: OVID
SIRENS
Sundance 2022
Director:
Rita Baghdadi
About:
On the outskirts of Beirut, Lilas and Shery, co-founders and guitarists of the Middle East’s first all-female metal band, wrestle with friendship, sexuality, and destruction in their pursuit of becoming thrash metal rock stars.
>April 10
In Theatres
INDIGO GIRLS: IT’S ONLY LIFE AFTER ALL
Sundance 2023
Director:
Alexandria Bombach
About:
Blending 40 years of home movies, film archives, and intimate present-day vérité, a poignant reflection from Amy Ray and Emily Saliers of iconic folk rock duo Indigo Girls. A timely look into the obstacles, activism, and life lessons of two queer friends who never expected to make it big.
>April 12
On TV: Independent Lens
SPACE: THE LONGEST GOODBYE
Sundance 2023
Director:
Ido Mizrahy
About:
Social isolation affects millions of people, even Mars-bound astronauts. A savvy NASA psychologist is tasked with protecting these daring explorers.
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