The following past Sundance Film Festival documentaries are scheduled for release this month:
>June
Streaming: YouTube
GIRL 27
Sundance 2007
Director:
David Stenn
About:
In 1937, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the world’s most prestigious and powerful movie studio, tricks 120 underage chorus girls into attending a stag party for its visiting salesmen. When dancer Patricia Douglas tries to flee, she is brutally raped. Instead of staying silent, Douglas sues the studio, so MGM launches the biggest cover-up in Hollywood history.
>June 13
Streaming: OVID
SOFTIE
Sundance 2020
Director:
Sam Soko
About:
A chronicle of the personal and professional challenges facing an idealistic Kenyan political activist as he decides to run for office.
>June 24
On TV: POV
KING COAL
Sundance 2023
Director:
Elaine McMillion Sheldon
About:
The cultural roots of coal continue to permeate the rituals of daily life in Appalachia even as its economic power wanes. The journey of a coal miner’s daughter exploring the region’s dreams and myths, untangling the pain and beauty, as her community sits on the brink of massive change.
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