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Alexandria Bombach chronicles the efforts of a young woman to advocate for her people on the global stage.
Festival Section:
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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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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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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2018 Sundance Docs in Focus: HALE COUNTY THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING
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RaMell Ross rewrites familiar representational tropes of race, region, and class in this impressionistic portrait of two young African American men in the American South.
Festival Section:
US Documentary Competition
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2018 Sundance Docs in Focus: HAL
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Amy Scott celebrates maverick director Hal Ashby.
Festival Section:
US Documentary Competition
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2018 Sundance Docs in Focus: THE DEVIL WE KNOW
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Stephanie Soechtig and co-director Jeremy Seifert uncover a corporation’s widespread use of dangerous chemicals, despite their known impact on human health.
Festival Section:
US Documentary Competition
Special Program:
The New Climate
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