Another Sundance alum brings his latest to Documentary Premieres: Greg Whiteley reveals the man who would have been President in MITT.
Category Archives: Documentary
2014 Sundance Docs in Focus: MITT
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On DVD: 20 FEET FROM STARDOM
Coming to DVD tomorrow, Tuesday, January 14: 20 FEET FROM STARDOM
Morgan Neville’s spotlight on backup singers debuted last year at Sundance as one of the opening night selections. It has screened extensively since, including berths at SXSW, DOC NYC, Miami, Sarasota, Dallas, and Seattle. It enjoyed a successful theatrical release and has been shortlisted for the Best Documentary Oscar – the five finalists will be announced this Thursday.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
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2014 Sundance Docs in Focus: LIFE ITSELF
This week opens with the start of the second half of the Documentary Premieres section: Steve James pays tribute to the late Roger Ebert and to the love of movies in LIFE ITSELF.
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On VOD & TV: WAR DON DON
Coming to VOD tomorrow, Tuesday, January 14 and to PBS’s AfroPop on Monday, January 27: WAR DON DON
Rebecca Richman Cohen’s look at the trial of a controversial Sierra Leonean civil war figure debuted at SXSW in 2010, winning a special jury award. The doc went on to win further awards at IFF Boston, Human Rights Watch, Taiwan Doc, and elsewhere, and included among its extensive circuit Full Frame, Silverdocs, Camden, Festival do Rio, Citizen Jane, and DokuFest Prizren, among others. The Orchard now releases the film on VOD via iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, Google Play, VUDU, and XBOX.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
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On DVD: OUR NIXON
Coming to DVD tomorrow, Tuesday, January 14: OUR NIXON
Penny Lane’s archival excavation of Tricky Dick’s White House had its world premiere at Rotterdam last year. It went on to screen at SXSW, Nantucket, New Directors/New Films, Los Angeles, Seattle, AFI Docs, and Traverse City. It received its broadcast premiere on CNN this Summer, and also enjoyed a theatrical release across the country.
I previously wrote about the doc out of SXSW here.
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2014 Sundance Docs in Focus: LAST DAYS IN VIETNAM
This week’s profiles end by wrapping up the first half of the Documentary Premieres: Rory Kennedy returns to Park City with LAST DAYS IN VIETNAM, a chronicle of the eleventh hour withdrawal of the US and its allies from Saigon.
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2014 Sundance Docs in Focus: LAMBERT & STAMP
Earlier this week, the Documentary Premieres was expanded to include the first film to be announced for Sundance London 2014: James D Cooper’s LAMBERT & STAMP, about the aspiring filmmakers who became the managers of The Who.
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2014 Sundance Docs in Focus: HAPPY VALLEY
Sundance alum Amir Bar-Lev brings the story of the Penn State scandal to Documentary Premieres with HAPPY VALLEY.
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2014 Sundance Docs in Focus: FREEDOM SUMMER
Another Sundance alumnus brings his latest to this year’s Documentary Premieres section: Stanley Nelson returns to Park City with FREEDOM SUMMER, the chronicle of a key event in Civil Rights history.
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On DVD: THE CONTRADICTIONS OF FAIR HOPE
Coming to DVD this coming Tuesday, January 14: THE CONTRADICTIONS OF FAIR HOPE
S Epatha Merkerson and Rockell Metcalf’s look at the complex legacy of African American mutual aid associations in the South debuted at the San Diego Black Film Festival in 2012. The doc went on to screen at Chicago’s Black Harvest, Annapolis, BronzeLens, Langston Hughes, Pan African, and the San Francisco, Montreal, Newark, Texas, and American Black Film Festivals, among others.
I previously wrote about the film here.
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