Festival:
The 19th Film Comment Selects
Dates:
February 6-10
About:
The editors of Film Comment curate an eclectic mix of new and retrospective films, including five recent works of nonfiction.

LOS REYES

ABSENCE
Festival:
The 19th Film Comment Selects
Dates:
February 6-10
About:
The editors of Film Comment curate an eclectic mix of new and retrospective films, including five recent works of nonfiction.

LOS REYES

ABSENCE
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Overviews, Recommendations
Coming to VOD today, Tuesday, February 5:
HALE COUNTY THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING
Director:
RaMell Ross
Premiere:
Sundance 2018
Select Festivals:
CPH:DOX, True/False, New Directors/New Films, Full Frame, Sheffield, Ambulante, Champs-Élysées, Maryland, DOK.fest Munich, Martha’s Vineyard African American, San Francisco, Montclair
Notable Recognition:
The documentary has been nominated for the Academy Awards.
About:
An impressionistic portrait of two young African American men in the American South.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
The winners of the 2019 Sundance Film Festival were announced at an awards ceremony on Saturday night. w(n)td will resume regular posting starting Monday, but for now, a list of the awards follows: Continue reading
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Sundance
The 2019 Sundance Film Festival begins tonight, Thursday, January 24, and runs through Sunday, February 3. w(n)td will be on hiatus for the duration while I’m busy with my responsibilities as a Programming Associate for the festival. Regular daily weekday posting will not resume until Monday, February 4.
To catch up with Sundance doc programming, here are links to my series of 2019 Sundance documentary profiles, divided by festival section:
US Documentary Competition

MOONLIGHT SONATA: DEAFNESS IN THREE MOVEMENTS | Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Irene Taylor Brodsky
World Cinema Documentary Competition
Documentary Premieres

THE INVENTOR: OUT FOR BLOOD IN SILICON VALLEY | Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Drew Kelly

MERATA: HOW MUM DECOLONISED THE SCREEN | Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by New Zealand Herald

RAISE HELL: THE LIFE & TIMES OF MOLLY IVINS | Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Robert Bedell

TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AM | Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
Next
Midnight
Kids
New Frontier
Spotlight
Special Events
Indie Episodic
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Sundance
Coming to DVD next Tuesday, January 29:
STUDIO 54
Director:
Matt Tyrnauer
Premiere:
Sundance 2018
Select Festivals:
Nantucket, Tribeca, Full Frame, CPH:DOX, Reykjavik, Provincetown, Santa Barbara, Hot Springs Doc, Savannah, Vancouver, Sidewalk, Outfest, Frameline
About:
A look back at the meteoric rise and crushing fall of the legendary NYC nightclub.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Sundance
Festival:
The 25th Slamdance Film Festival
Dates:
January 25-31
About:
The smaller, alternative January Park City film festival has an anniversary year, screening 10 docs among its nearly 30 features. Continue reading
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Overviews, Recommendations

Courtesy of Sundance Institute
Festival Section:
Indie Episodic
Continue reading
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Sundance
Coming to PBS’s Independent Lens next Monday, January 28:
THE KING
Director:
Eugene Jarecki
Premiere:
Cannes 2017
Select Festivals:
Sundance, Nantucket, Nashville, Seattle, Martha’s Vineyard, London, Sarasota, Chicago DOC 10, Deauville, Zurich, Haifa
About:
A musical road trip across the US in Elvis Presley’s 1963 Rolls Royce explores the rise and fall of the American empire.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance

Courtesy of Sundance Institute
Festival Section:
Special Events
Continue reading
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Sundance

Courtesy of Sundance Institute
Festival Section:
Special Events
Continue reading
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Sundance