This year’s Documentary Premieres comes to a close: RJ Cutler and Greg Finton’s THE WORLD ACCORDING TO DICK CHENEY, a portrait of the former US vice president.
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2013 Sundance Docs in Focus: THE WORLD ACCORDING TO DICK CHENEY
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On VOD: THE ATOMIC STATES OF AMERICA
Coming to VOD today, Tuesday, January 15: THE ATOMIC STATES OF AMERICA
Don Argott and Sheena M Joyce premiered their look at America’s nuclear power industry at Sundance a year ago. Since then the film has gone on to festival play at Dallas, the Hamptons, Seattle, Ashland, Montclair, and Heartland, among others. Today it becomes available on iTunes, Netflix Streaming, Sundance NOW, Hulu, Vudu, Sony Playstation, XBOX, Snag Films, Amazon Instant, and Google/YouTube.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
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2013 Sundance Docs in Focus: WHICH WAY IS THE FRONT LINE FROM HERE?
The penultimate film in this year’s Documentary Premieres wraps up today’s Sundance profiles: Sebastian Junger’s WHICH WAY IS THE FRONT LINE FROM HERE? THE LIFE AND TIME OF TIM HETHERINGTON
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2013 Sundance Docs in Focus: WHEN I WALK
Continuing my film-by-film look at this year’s Documentary Premieres: Jason DaSilva’s WHEN I WALK, the filmmaker’s candid self-portrait of learning to live with multiple sclerosis.
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2013 Sundance Docs in Focus: WE STEAL SECRETS: THE STORY OF WIKILEAKS
Academy Award-winning director and Sundance alum Alex Gibney’s newest film continues my profiles of this year’s Documentary Premieres section: WE STEAL SECRETS: THE STORY OF WIKILEAKS
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On VOD: WE’RE NOT BROKE
Coming to Hulu for free tomorrow, Tuesday, January 15: WE’RE NOT BROKE
Karin Hayes and Victoria Bruce’s incendiary exposé of corporate tax loopholes made its premiere a year ago at Sundance. Its festival circuit included Dallas, the Independent Film Festival Boston, DocAviv, and Montclair, among others. In recognition of the national dialogue around the fiscal cliff, the filmmakers have opted to release the doc for free on Hulu in conjunction with Sundance’s Artist Services program.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
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2013 Sundance Docs in Focus: SOUND CITY
This week’s Documentary Premieres profiles wrap up with the second of two odes to music recording studios: Dave Grohl’s SOUND CITY
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2013 Sundance Docs in Focus: RUNNING FROM CRAZY
Kicking off the second half of this year’s Documentary Premieres: Barbara Kopple’s RUNNING FROM CRAZY, a portrait of a famed family and its struggle with mental illness.
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2013 Sundance Docs in Focus: PANDORA’S PROMISE
Reaching the halfway point in 2013’s Documentary Premieres: Robert Stone’s PANDORA’S PROMISE, a radical re-examination of nuclear energy.
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On DVD: CHINA HEAVYWEIGHT
Coming to DVD next Tuesday, January 15: CHINA HEAVYWEIGHT
Yung Chang’s look at China’s economic development through the lens of sports made its debut at Sundance a year ago. Since then it has screened at Hot Docs, Sheffield, and Silverdocs, among others, in addition to a limited theatrical release.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
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