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My Sundance doc preview reaches the penultimate film in this year’s Doc Premieres section: UNDER THE GUN, Stephanie Soechtig’s investigation of America’s gun control debate.

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Today’s look at this year’s Sundance docs wraps up: RICHARD LINKLATER: DREAM IS DESTINY, Louis Black and Karen Bernstein’s exploration of the career of the acclaimed Austin-based filmmaker.

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Continuing today’s look at this year’s Doc Premieres: RESILIENCE, James Redford’s investigation into the connections between childhood emotional trauma and later physical illness.

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With one week to go before Sundance kicks off, my profiles of this year’s Doc Premieres are headed into the homestretch: NOTHING LEFT UNSAID: GLORIA VANDERBILT & ANDERSON COOPER, Liz Garbus’ dual portrait of the famed mother and son.

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This year’s Day One US doc feature brings us past the Documentary Premieres’ halfway point: NORMAN LEAR: JUST ANOTHER VERSION OF YOU, Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing’s profile of one of the masters of the television sitcom form.

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The next Sundance doc profile also takes on a cultural icon: MICHAEL JACKSON’S JOURNEY FROM MOTOWN TO OFF THE WALL, Spike Lee’s exploration of the transformation of the child star to the King of Pop.

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Continuing my look at this year’s Sundance docs: MAYA ANGELOU: AND STILL I RISE, Bob Hercules and Rita Coburn Whack’s celebration of the acclaimed poet.

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Tuesday’s Sundance doc preview closes with: MAPPLETHORPE: LOOK AT THE PICTURES, Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey’s exploration of the life and work of the controversial photographer.

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Next up in today’s Sundance Film Festival documentary profiles: LO AND BEHOLD, REVERIES OF THE CONNECTED WORLD, Werner Herzog’s meditation on the Internet.

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Continuing my preview of Sundance documentaries: FILM HAWK, JJ Garvine and Tai Parquet’s portrait of beloved film industry vet Bob Hawk.

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