The following past Sundance Film Festival documentaries are scheduled for release this month:
>July 1
On VOD
LUTHER: NEVER TOO MUCH
Sundance 2024
Director:
Dawn Porter
About:
Luther Vandross started his career supporting David Bowie, Roberta Flack, Bette Midler, and more. His undeniable talent earned platinum records and accolades, but he struggled to break out beyond the R&B charts. Intensely driven, he overcame personal and professional challenges to secure his place amongst the greatest vocalists in history.
>July 7
On TV: POV
IGUALADA: REFUSING TO KNOW YOUR PLACE
Sundance 2024
Director:
Juan Mejía Botero
About:
In one of Latin America’s most unequal countries, Francia Márquez, a Black Colombian rural activist, challenges the status quo with a presidential campaign that reappropriates the derogatory term “Igualada” — someone who acts as if they deserve rights that supposedly don’t correspond to them — and inspires a nation to dream.
>July 15
On DVD
EVERY LITTLE THING (under the title HUMMINGBIRDS OF HOLLYWOOD)
Sundance 2024
Director:
Sally Aitken
About:
Amid the glamour of Hollywood, Los Angeles, a woman finds herself on a transformative journey as she nurtures wounded hummingbirds, unraveling a visually captivating and magical tale of love, fragility, healing, and the delicate beauty in tiny acts of greatness.
>July 17
In Theatres
REALM OF SATAN
Sundance 2024
Director:
Scott Cummings
About:
An experiential portrait depicting Satanists in both the everyday and in the extraordinary as they fight to preserve their lifestyle: magic, mystery, and misanthropy.
>July 18
In Theatres
LIFE AFTER
Sundance 2025
Director:
Reid Davenport
About:
In 1983, a disabled Californian woman named Elizabeth Bouvia sought the “right to die,” igniting a national debate about autonomy, dignity, and the value of disabled lives. After years of courtroom trials, Bouvia disappeared from public view. Disabled director Reid Davenport narrates this investigation of what happened to Bouvia.
>July 18
In Theatres
HEIGHTENED SCRUTINY
Sundance 2025
Director:
Sam Feder
About:
Amid the surge in anti-trans legislation that Chase Strangio battles in the courtroom, he must also fight against media bias, exposing how the narratives in the press influence public perception and the fight for transgender rights.
>July 25
In Theatres
FOLKTALES
Sundance 2025
Director:
Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady
About:
On the precipice of adulthood, teenagers converge at a traditional folk high school in Arctic Norway. Dropped at the edge of the world, they must rely on only themselves, one another, and a loyal pack of sled dogs as they all grow in unexpected directions.
>July 25
In Theatres
2000 METERS TO ANDRIIVKA
Sundance 2025
Director:
Mstyslav Chernov
About:
Amid the failing counteroffensive, a journalist follows a Ukrainian platoon on their mission to traverse one mile of heavily fortified forest and liberate a strategic village from Russian occupation. But the farther they advance through their destroyed homeland, the more they realize that this war may never end.
>July 29
On DVD
DIG! XX
Sundance 2024
Director:
Ondi Timoner
About:
DIG! XX tracks the tumultuous rise of two talented musicians, Anton Newcombe, leader of the Brian Jonestown Massacre, and Courtney Taylor, leader of the Dandy Warhols, and dissects their star-crossed friendship and bitter rivalry. Through their loves and obsessions, gigs and recordings, arrests and death threats, uppers and downers, and ultimately to their chance at a piece of the profit-driven music business, they stage a self-proclaimed revolution in the music industry.
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