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2017 Sundance Docs in Focus: 18 BLACK GIRLS / BOYS AGES 1-18 WHO HAVE ARRIVED AT THE SINGULARITY AND ARE THUS SPIRITUAL MACHINES: $X IN AN EDITION OF $97 QUADRILLION

18 black girls / boys18 BLACK GIRLS / BOYS AGES 1-18 WHO HAVE ARRIVED AT THE SINGULARITY AND ARE THUS SPIRITUAL MACHINES: $X IN AN EDITION OF $97 QUADRILLION
Terence Nance reveals society’s race-related associations in this performance-based project.

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New Frontier
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2017 Sundance Docs in Focus: UNTITLED BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB DOCUMENTARY

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Lucy Walker revisits the Grammy Award-winning musicians that revived global interest in Cuban music.

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2017 Sundance Docs in Focus: TRUMPED: INSIDE THE GREATEST POLITICAL UPSET OF ALL TIME

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A behind-the-scenes look at Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.

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2017 Sundance Docs in Focus: THIS IS EVERYTHING: GIGI GORGEOUS

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Barbara Kopple provides viewers with a behind-the-scenes look at the YouTube celebrity’s life-changing transition.

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2017 Sundance Docs in Focus: TELL THEM WE ARE RISING: THE STORY OF BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

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Stanley Nelson explores the pivotal role played by historically Black institutions of higher learning in American society.

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2017 Sundance Docs in Focus: TAKE EVERY WAVE: THE LIFE OF LAIRD HAMILTON

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Rory Kennedy profiles the iconoclastic athlete who revolutionized big wave surfing.

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2017 Sundance Docs in Focus: RANCHER, FARMER, FISHERMAN

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Directors Susan Froemke and John Hoffman and co-director Beth Aala profile unlikely conservation leaders.

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Special Program:
The New Climate
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2017 Sundance Docs in Focus: OKLAHOMA CITY

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Barak Goodman revisits the events which led to the 1995 terrorist bombing of the Oklahoma City Federal Building.

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2017 Sundance Docs in Focus: LONG STRANGE TRIP

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Amir Bar-Lev offers a history of the legendary counterculture band the Grateful Dead.

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2017 Sundance Docs in Focus: LEGION OF BROTHERS

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Greg Barker hears from Green Berets about their secret missions to overthrow the Taliban after 9/11.

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