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Alexandria Bombach chronicles the efforts of a young woman to advocate for her people on the global stage.
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US Documentary Competition
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2018 Sundance Docs in Focus: ON HER SHOULDERS
Alexandria Bombach chronicles the efforts of a young woman to advocate for her people on the global stage.
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On DVD: THE CHALLENGE
Coming to DVD tomorrow, Tuesday, January 2:
THE CHALLENGE
Director:
Yuri Ancarani
Premiere:
Locarno 2016
Select Festivals:
IDFA, Hot Docs, Edinburgh, SXSW, Dubai, New Directors/New Films, True/False, Thessaloniki Doc, Göteborg, Encounters, Taipei, Traverse City, Melbourne, Docs Against Gravity, Docaviv, San Francisco
About:
A privileged look at the lives of ultra-rich Qatari amateur falconers.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
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2018 Sundance Docs in Focus: MINDING THE GAP
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Bing Liu crafts a sensitive, personal portrait of a group of longtime friends.
Festival Section:
US Documentary Competition
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On TV: 500 YEARS
Coming to PBS’s POV tonight, Monday, January 1:
500 YEARS
Director:
Pamela Yates
Premiere:
Sundance 2017
Select Festivals:
Nantucket, Human Rights Geneva, Human Rights Watch London, Ashland, Full Frame, Seattle, Human Rights Watch New York
About:
The completion of a 35-year trilogy focused on the resistance of Guatemala’s indigenous Mayan population.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
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2018 Sundance Docs in Focus: THE LAST RACE
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Michael Dweck explores a once-thriving but now vanishing subculture of stock car racing in Long Island.
Festival Section:
US Documentary Competition
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On TV: THE UNTOLD TALES OF ARMISTEAD MAUPIN
Coming to PBS’s Independent Lens tonight, Monday, January 1:
THE UNTOLD TALES OF ARMISTEAD MAUPIN
Director:
Jennifer M Kroot
Co-Director:
Bill Weber
Premiere:
SXSW 2017
Select Festivals:
Cleveland, DOXA, Ashland, Nashville, Montclair, Martha’s Vineyard, Oxford, Provicnetown, Galway, Frameline, Outfest, LGBT fests in Boston, Tel Aviv, San Diego, Vancouver, Hong Kong
About:
On the life and work of the acclaimed author of the TALES OF THE CITY series.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
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2018 Sundance Docs in Focus: KUSAMA – INFINITY
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Heather Lenz presents a thoughtful look at the life and art of the celebrated queen of polka dots.
Festival Section:
US Documentary Competition
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2018 Sundance Docs in Focus: KAILASH
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Derek Doneen profiles one man’s tireless mission to end child slavery.
Festival Section:
US Documentary Competition
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2018 Sundance Docs in Focus: INVENTING TOMORROW
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Laura Nix profiles several international students pursuing answers to environmental issues in their science fair projects.
Festival Section:
US Documentary Competition
Special Program:
The New Climate
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2017 Top Ten (+ Ten) Docs
Earlier today, Indiewire posted the top ten lists of various film industry respondents, including mine. You can see the full list here and my picks here.
As noted there, I’ve restricted my list to non-fiction as a counterbalance, since most of these sorts of year-end rankings tend to only begrudging include one or two documentaries and otherwise heap praise on fiction films. My picks are also limited to official releases in 2017. Various festival favorites which have not yet come to theatres/ancillary will likely make it on next year’s list.
Here are pointers to what I’ve written about my top ten docs of 2017 on what (not) to doc previously. The films are unranked and in alphabetical order. I’ve also named ten additional docs or doc series as a secondary list below.
Top Ten, followed by ten more:
ABACUS: SMALL ENOUGH TO JAIL
ALL THIS PANIC
DAWSON CITY: FROZEN TIME
DINA
JANE
KEDI
MOTHERLAND
QUEST
RAT FILM
STRONG ISLAND
BRIMSTONE & GLORY
CITY OF GHOSTS
EX LIBRIS: THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
FACES PLACES
ICARUS
THE KEEPERS
LA 92
LAST MEN IN ALEPPO
ONE OF US
WORMWOOD
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