The following past Sundance Film Festival documentaries are scheduled for release this month:
>May 7
On VOD
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.
>May 7
On DVD
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.
>May 10
In Theatres
POWER
Sundance 2024
Director:
Yance Ford
About:
Driven to maintain social order, policing in the United States has exploded in scope and scale over hundreds of years. Now, American policing embodies one word: power.
>May 17
Streaming: On Netflix
POWER
Sundance 2024
Director:
Yance Ford
About:
Driven to maintain social order, policing in the United States has exploded in scope and scale over hundreds of years. Now, American policing embodies one word: power.
>May 20
On TV: Independent Lens
THE TUBA THIEVES
Sundance 2023
Director:
Alison O’Daniel
About:
From 2011 to 2013, tubas were stolen from Los Angeles high schools. This is not a story about thieves or missing tubas. Instead, it asks what it means to listen.
>May 28
On DVD
ALL THAT BREATHES
Sundance 2022
Director:
Shaunak Sen
About:
Against the darkening backdrop of Delhi’s apocalyptic air and escalating violence, two brothers devote their lives to protect one casualty of the turbulent times: the bird known as the Black Kite.
>May 30
Streaming: On OVID
MIDNIGHT TRAVELER
Sundance 2019
Director:
Hassan Fazili
About:
The filmmaker, his wife, and their two daughters face an uncertain road to asylum when they are forced to flee Afghanistan.
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