This week’s profiles come to an end with the return of alumnus Göran Hugo Olsson to the World Cinema Documentary Competition: Sweden’s CONCERNING VIOLENCE, a provocative meditation on colonialism and liberation in 20th century Africa.
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2014 Sundance Docs in Focus: CONCERNING VIOLENCE
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2014 Sundance Docs in Focus: 20,000 DAYS ON EARTH
Expanding beyond the US, the 2014 World Cinema Documentary Competition kicks off with Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard’s 20,000 DAYS ON EARTH, from the UK, a hybrid portrait of singer/songwriter Nick Cave.
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On DVD: INEQUALITY FOR ALL
Coming to DVD this coming Tuesday, January 7: INEQUALITY FOR ALL
Jacob Kornbluth’s exploration of America’s widening economic disparity debuted at Sundance last year, picking up a special jury prize. Its fest circuit has included Seattle, Traverse City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, AFI Docs, Zurich, and Deuville, among others.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
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2014 Sundance Docs in Focus: WATCHERS OF THE SKY
The sixteenth and final film in this year’s US Documentary Competition sees the return of a two-time Sundance alum: Edet Belzberg’s WATCHERS OF THE SKY, a far-ranging exploration of the world’s response to genocide.
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2014 Sundance Docs in Focus: RICH HILL
The penultimate film in the 2014 Sundance US Documentary Competition closes out today’s doc profiles: Tracy Droz Tragos and Andrew Droz Palermo’s RICH HILL, a deeply humanistic look at the lives of three adolescents and their impoverished rural town.
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2014 Sundance Docs in Focus: PRIVATE VIOLENCE
The US Documentary Competition heads into the homestretch: Cynthia Hill’s PRIVATE VIOLENCE, an intimate and powerful exploration of domestic violence.
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In Theatres: LOS ANGELES PLAYS ITSELF
Coming to NYC’s IFC Center tomorrow Friday, January 3: LOS ANGELES PLAYS ITSELF
Andersen premiered his essay about the cinematic representation of Los Angeles at Toronto in 2003. It went on to have an extensive festival run, including slots at Sundance, Rotterdam, Marseille, Karlovy Vary, and CPH:DOX, among others. On the occasion of its 10th anniversary, it is being presented in a new, remastered and re-edited version.
I previously wrote about the film here.
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2014 Sundance Docs in Focus: THE OVERNIGHTERS
Resuming my film-by-film look at the docs of Sundance 2014: Jesse Moss’ US Documentary Competition title THE OVERNIGHTERS, in which a smalltown pastor’s desire to help the unfortunate threatens to turn his congregation against him.
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Happy New Year from w(n)td!
w(n)td is welcoming the new year by taking a break from regular posting until tomorrow, when the film-by-film profiles of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival documentary line-up will resume. The US Documentary Competition will wrap up later this week, and the World Cinema Documentary Competition will commence. If you missed any, the series starts here. Happy 2014!
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2014 Sundance Docs in Focus: NO NO: A DOCKUMENTARY
The last of my Sundance doc profiles before the New Year: Jeffrey Radice’s US Documentary Competition title NO NO: A DOCKUMENTARY, a tribute to the infamous baseball pitcher Dock Ellis.
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