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Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang bravely expose the unseen consequences of China’s one-child policy.
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US Documentary Competition
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2019 Sundance Docs in Focus: ONE CHILD NATION
Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang bravely expose the unseen consequences of China’s one-child policy.
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2019 Sundance Docs in Focus: MOONLIGHT SONATA: DEAFNESS IN THREE MOVEMENTS
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Irene Taylor Brodsky presents a personal meditation on deafness through the experiences of her son, her parents, and Beethoven.
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US Documentary Competition
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2019 Sundance Docs in Focus: MIKE WALLACE IS HERE
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Avi Belkin explores the evolution of television journalism through the life and work of the legendary 60 MINUTES correspondent.
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US Documentary Competition
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2019 Sundance Docs in Focus: MIDNIGHT FAMILY
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Luke Lorentzen explores the tension-filled work of a Mexico City family that runs a private ambulance by night.
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US Documentary Competition
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2019 Sundance Docs in Focus: KNOCK DOWN THE HOUSE
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Rachel Lears follows the campaigns of four progressive political newcomers as they seek to unseat entrenched incumbents.
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US Documentary Competition
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2019 Sundance Docs in Focus: JAWLINE
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Liza Mandelup follows a hopeful young online personality and the machine which drives success in this strange new world.
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US Documentary Competition
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2019 Sundance Docs in Focus: HAIL SATAN?
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Penny Lane explores the separation of church and state through the unlikely rise of the Satanic Temple.
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US Documentary Competition
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2019 Sundance Docs in Focus: DAVID CROSBY: REMEMBER MY NAME
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AJ Eaton presents a remarkably candid, warts and all portrait of the rock and roll legend.
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US Documentary Competition
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In Theatres: GENESIS 2.0
Coming to theatres tomorrow, Wednesday, January 2:
GENESIS 2.0
Director:
Christian Frei
Co-Director:
Maxim Arbugaev
Premiere:
Sundance 2018
Select Festivals:
Locarno, IDFA, Zurich, Docs Against Gravity, Sarasota
About:
Siberian hunters and international scientists attempt to resurrect the woolly mammoth.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
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2019 Sundance Docs in Focus: BEDLAM
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Kenneth Paul Rosenberg exposes the sobering truth behind America’s failure to properly care for the mentally ill over the past half century.
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US Documentary Competition
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