The following past Sundance Film Festival documentaries are scheduled for release this month:
>April 7
On DVD
MR NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN
Sundance 2025
Director:
David Borenstein
Co-Director:
Pavel Talankin
About:
As Russia launches its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, primary schools across Russia’s hinterlands are transformed into recruitment stages for the war. Facing the ethical dilemma of working in a system defined by propaganda and violence, a brave teacher goes undercover to film what’s really happening in his own school.
>April 28
Special Screening: DCTV Firehouse
CONBODY VS EVERYBODY
Sundance 2024
Director:
Debra Granik
About:
Over eight years, Coss Marte builds ConBody, a gym inspired by workouts he developed while in prison. Committed to employing trainers who were formerly incarcerated, Coss creates a community fighting to break the cycle of recidivism while navigating society’s many obstacles to reentry.
>April 29
On VOD
LIFE AFTER
Sundance 2025
Director:
Reid Davenport
About:
In 1983, a disabled Californian woman named Elizabeth Bouvia sought the “right to die,” igniting a national debate about autonomy, dignity, and the value of disabled lives. After years of courtroom trials, Bouvia disappeared from public view. Disabled director Reid Davenport narrates this investigation of what happened to Bouvia.
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