BENDING THE ARC
Kief Davidson and Pedro Kos chronicle the paradigm-shifting healthcare efforts of a determined team of advocates.
Festival Section:
Documentary Premieres
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2017 Sundance Docs in Focus: BENDING THE ARC
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2017 Sundance Docs in Focus: 500 YEARS
500 YEARS
Pamela Yates completes her epic Guatemalan trilogy, which began in 1983.
Festival Section:
Documentary Premieres
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2017 Sundance Docs in Focus: THE WORKERS CUP
THE WORKERS CUP
Adam Sobel follows the action as migrant workers building Qatar’s World Cup infrastructure compete in their own tournament.
Festival Section:
World Cinema Documentary Competition
Country:
UK (about Qatar)
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2017 Sundance Docs in Focus: WINNIE
WINNIE
Pascale Lamche profiles the polarizing South African political leader and activist.
Festival Section:
World Cinema Documentary Competition
Country:
France/Netherlands/South Africa
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2017 Sundance Docs in Focus: TOKYO IDOLS
TOKYO IDOLS
Kyoko Miyake examines gender and sexuality in Japanese popular culture.
Festival Section:
World Cinema Documentary Competition
Country:
UK/Canada (about Japan)
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2017 Sundance Docs in Focus: RUMBLE: THE INDIANS WHO ROCKED THE WORLD
RUMBLE: THE INDIANS WHO ROCKED THE WORLD
Catherine Bainbridge and Alfonso Maiorana celebrate the unheralded Native roots of popular music.
Festival Section:
World Cinema Documentary Competition
Country:
Canada
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On TV: LIFE, ANIMATED
Coming to A&E tomorrow, Saturday, January 17: LIFE, ANIMATED
Director:
Roger Ross Williams
Premiere:
Sundance 2016, US Documentary Directing Award
Select Festivals:
Nantucket, DOC NYC, True/False, Hot Docs, Tribeca, Full Frame, San Francisco, DocAviv, Transilvania, Sundance London, Los Angeles, Sheffield, Sydney
Notable Recognition:
The doc has been shortlisted for the Academy Awards.
About:
Disney animated films provide a means of communication between a family and their autistic son.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
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2017 Sundance Docs in Focus: PLASTIC CHINA
PLASTIC CHINA
Jiu-liang Wang explores the dead-end lives stuck in a Chinese plastic recycling factory.
Festival Section:
World Cinema Documentary Competition
Country:
China
Special Program:
The New Climate
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2017 Sundance Docs in Focus: MOTHERLAND
MOTHERLAND
Ramona S Diaz ushers viewers through a maternity hospital like no other.
Festival Section:
World Cinema Documentary Competition
Country:
USA/Philippines
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2017 Sundance Docs in Focus: MACHINES
MACHINES
Rahul Jain observes the lives of Indian textile factory workers.
Festival Section:
World Cinema Documentary Competition
Country:
India/Germany/Finland
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