The following past Sundance Film Festival documentaries are scheduled for release this month:
>February 6
Streaming: Netflix
QUEEN OF CHESS
Sundance 2026
Director:
Rory Kennedy
About:
A Hungarian girl dreams of conquering international men’s chess. After a 15-year battle against world champion Garry Kasparov, Judit Polgár revolutionizes the sport’s patriarchal culture to become one of the greatest chess prodigies in history and the greatest woman chess player of all time.
>February 9
On TV: Independent Lens
THE LIBRARIANS
Sundance 2025
Director:
Kim A Snyder
About:
As an unprecedented wave of book banning is sparked in Texas, Florida, and beyond, librarians under siege join forces as unlikely defenders fighting for intellectual freedom on the front lines of democracy.
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