The following past Sundance Film Festival documentaries are scheduled for release this month:
>June 8 / June 13
In Theatres: AMC nationwide simulcast / In Theatres: general release
PRIME MINISTER
Sundance 2025
Directors:
Michelle Walshe, Lindsay Utz
About:
A view inside the life of former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, capturing her through five tumultuous years in power and beyond as she redefined leadership on the world stage.
>June 16 / June 17
On TV: NatGeo / Streaming: Hulu/Disney+
SALLY
Sundance 2025
Director:
Cristina Costantini
About:
Sally Ride became the first American woman to blast off into space, but beneath her unflappable composure was a secret. Sally’s life partner, Tam O’Shaughnessy, reveals their hidden romance and the sacrifices that accompanied their 27 years together.
>June 20
In Theatres
MARLEE MATLIN: NOT ALONE ANYMORE
Sundance 2025
Director:
Shoshannah Stern
About:
In 1987, Marlee Matlin became the first Deaf actor to win an Academy Award and was thrust into the spotlight at 21 years old. Reflecting on her life in her primary language of American Sign Language, Marlee explores the complexities of what it means to be a trailblazer.
>June 23
On TV: POV
UNION
Sundance 2024
Directors:
Stephen Maing, Brett Story
About:
The Amazon Labor Union (ALU) — a group of current and former Amazon workers in New York City’s Staten Island — takes on one of the world’s largest and most powerful companies in the fight to unionize.
>June 24
On TV: HBO & Streaming: MAX
ENIGMA
Sundance 2025
Director:
Zackary Drucker
About:
Two legends contested their identities as women in the court of public opinion: April Ashley, who was immortalized as a trailblazer by embracing her transgender history; and Amanda Lear, who has consciously denied and obfuscated her history for decades. Their divergent paths reveal disparate but intertwined legacies.
>June 25
Streaming: OVID
CHARLIE VICTOR ROMEO
Sundance 2013
Directors:
Robert Berger, Karlyn Michelson
About:
An award-winning theatrical documentary derived entirely from black box transcripts of six real-life major airline emergencies.
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