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2023 Sundance Don’t Miss Docs: PLAN C

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PLAN C
A hidden grassroots organization doggedly fights to expand access to abortion pills across the United States keeping hope alive during a global pandemic and the fall of Roe v Wade.

Director/Producer:
Tracy Droz Tragos

Festival Section:
Premieres

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2023 Sundance Don’t Miss Docs: MURDER IN BIG HORN

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MURDER IN BIG HORN
The deaths of a group of Native American women in rural Montana are the focus as Native families, journalists, and local law enforcement reveal a violent crisis set in motion almost 200 years ago.

Director/Producer:
Razelle Benally

Director:
Matthew Galkin

Producers:
Ivan Macdonald, Ivy Macdonald

Festival Section:
Premieres

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2023 Sundance Don’t Miss Docs: JUDY BLUME FOREVER

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JUDY BLUME FOREVER
The radical honesty of the books by young adult fiction pioneer Judy Blume changed the way millions of readers understood themselves, their sexuality, and what it meant to grow up, but also led to critical battles against book banning and censorship.

Director/Producer:
Davina Pardo, Leah Wolchok

Producers:
Sara Bernstein, Justin Wilkes, Marcella Steingart

Festival Section:
Premieres

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2023 Sundance Don’t Miss Docs: IT’S ONLY LIFE AFTER ALL

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IT’S ONLY LIFE AFTER ALL
Blending 40 years of home movies, film archives, and intimate present-day vérité, a poignant reflection from Amy Ray and Emily Saliers of iconic folk rock duo Indigo Girls. A timely look into the obstacles, activism, and life lessons of two queer friends who never expected to make it big.

Director/Producer:
Alexandria Bombach

Producers:
Kathlyn Horan, Jess Devaney, Anya Rous

Festival Section:
Premieres

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2023 Sundance Don’t Miss Docs: INVISIBLE BEAUTY

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INVISIBLE BEAUTY
Fashion revolutionary Bethann Hardison looks back on her journey as a pioneering Black model, modeling agent, and activist, shining a light on an untold chapter in the fight for racial diversity.

Director/Producer:
Bethann Hardison, Frédéric Tcheng

Producer:
Lisa Cortés

Festival Section:
Premieres

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2023 Sundance Don’t Miss Docs: FOOD AND COUNTRY

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FOOD AND COUNTRY
America’s policy of producing cheap food at all costs has long hobbled small independent farmers, ranchers, and chefs. Worried for their survival, trailblazing food writer Ruth Reichl reaches out across political and social divides to uncover the country’s broken food system and the innovators risking it all to transform it.

Director/Producer:
Laura Gabbert

Producers:
Ruth Reichl, Paula P Manzanedo, Caroline Libresco, Lisa Remington

Festival Section:
Premieres

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2023 Sundance Don’t Miss Docs: THE DEEPEST BREATH

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THE DEEPEST BREATH
A champion freediver and expert safety diver seemed destined for one another despite the different paths they took to meet at the pinnacle of the freediving world. A look at the thrilling rewards — and inescapable risks — of chasing dreams through the depths of the ocean.

Director:
Laura McGann

Producers:
John Battsek, Sarah Thomson, Jamie D’Alton, Anne McLoughlin

Festival Section:
Premieres

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2023 Sundance Don’t Miss Docs: DEEP RISING

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DEEP RISING
The fate of the planet’s last untouched wilderness, the deep ocean, is under threat as a secretive organization is about to allow massive extraction of seabed metals to address the world’s energy crisis.

Director/Producer:
Matthieu Rytz

Festival Section:
Premieres

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2023 Sundance Don’t Miss Docs: THE TUBA THIEVES

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THE TUBA THIEVES
From 2011 to 2013, tubas were stolen from Los Angeles high schools. This is not a story about thieves or missing tubas. Instead, it asks what it means to listen.

Director/Producer:
Alison O’Daniel

Producer:
Rachel Nederveld

Festival Section:
NEXT

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2023 Sundance Don’t Miss Docs: KOKOMO CITY

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KOKOMO CITY
Four Black transgender sex workers explore the dichotomy between the Black community and themselves, while confronting issues long avoided.

Director/Producer:
D Smith

Producers:
Harris Doran, Bill Butler

Festival Section:
NEXT

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