Coming to NYC’s JCC Manhattan as part of their CineMatters series tonight, Tuesday, February 23: MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED
Greg Whiteley’s appraisal of alternative education models debuted at Sundance last year. It went on to screen at Tribeca, AFI Fest, Montclair, Cleveland, Seattle, Sarasota, Dallas, and Sun Valley, among other events.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Sundance
Coming to HBO tonight, Monday, February 22: BECOMING MIKE NICHOLS
Douglas McGrath’s appreciation of the acclaimed director’s early years had its world premiere at Sundance last month.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to PBS’s Independent Lens tonight, Monday, February 22: (T)ERROR
Lyric R Cabral and David Felix Sutcliffe’s surprising inside look at a counterterrorism informant made its bow at Sundance last year, where it won a special jury award. Screenings followed at Nantucket, True/False, Hot Docs, Tribeca, Full Frame, Nashville, and Human Rights Watch, among others.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to NYC’s Stranger Than Fiction series tomorrow, Tuesday, February 16: TRAPPED
Dawn Porter’s exploration of embattled abortion clinics just had its world premiere at Sundance last month. The film picked up a Special Jury Award for Social Impact Filmmaking at the festival.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Sundance
Coming to PBS’s Independent Lens and to DVD this coming Tuesday, February 16: THE BLACK PANTHERS: VANGUARD OF THE REVOLUTION
Stanley Nelson’s chronicle of the Black Power organization made its debut at Sundance last year. Screenings followed at San Francisco, Sheffield, Pan African, IFF Boston, AFI Docs, Full Frame, Seattle, Encounters, Cleveland, MoMA’s Documentary Fortnight, DOXA, Sidewalk, and Black Harvest, among many other events.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to DVD tomorrow, Tuesday, February 9: WELCOME TO LEITH
Michael Beach Nichols and Christopher K Walker’s immersive look at a town under siege made its bow at Sundance last year. The doc went on to screen at Nantucket, SXSW, Dallas, RiverRun, Sarasota, Montclair, Sydney, AFI Docs, New Zealand, Melbourne, and Sidewalk, among others.
My pre-Sundance profile of the film may be found here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to HBO tomorrow, Saturday, February 6: JIM: THE JAMES FOLEY STORY
Brian Oakes’ personal look back at the life and death of James Foley just made its debut at Sundance last month. The doc now makes its broadcast premiere.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to Showtime this Friday, February 5: MICHAEL JACKSON’S JOURNEY FROM MOTOWN TO OFF THE WALL
Spike Lee’s charting of the late icon’s evolution and maturation just debuted at Sundance. It now reaches broader audiences with its cable debut.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
While the 2016 edition of the Sundance Film Festival officially still has a full day of screenings ahead, tonight saw the essential end of the event with the annual awards ceremony. w(n)td will resume regular posting starting Monday, but until then, a summary of the awards announcement follows: Continue reading
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Tonight, Thursday, January 21, sees the kickoff for the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, for which I’m a Documentary Programming Associate. For that reason, w(n)td will be on hiatus for the duration of the festival, which runs through Sunday, January 31, with normal daily weekday posting to resume on Monday, February 1.
Follow me on Twitter, to keep up with Sundance, and also follow my Sundance filmmaker class of 2016 Twitter list to experience the festival through the eyes of this year’s filmmakers.
To catch up with Sundance doc programming, here are links to my series of 2016 Sundance documentary profiles, divided by festival section:
US Documentary Competition
AUDRIE & DAISY
HOW TO LET GO OF THE WORLD (AND LOVE ALL THE THINGS CLIMATE CAN’T CHANGE)
KATE PLAYS CHRISTINE (pictured)
World Cinema Documentary Competition
ALL THESE SLEEPLESS NIGHTS
THE LOVERS AND THE DESPOT (pictured)
SKY LADDER: THE ART OF CAI GUO-QIANG
Documentary Premieres
BECOMING MIKE NICHOLS
EAT THAT QUESTION – FRANK ZAPPA IN HIS OWN WORDS
LO AND BEHOLD, REVERIES OF THE CONNECTED WORLD
MAPPLETHORPE: LOOK AT THE PICTURES
MAYA ANGELOU: AND STILL I RISE
MICHAEL JACKSON’S JOURNEY FROM MOTOWN TO OFF THE WALL
NORMAN LEAR: JUST ANOTHER VERSION OF YOU
NOTHING LEFT UNSAID: GLORIA VANDERBILT & ANDERSON COOPER (pictured)
RICHARD LINKLATER: DREAM IS DESTINY
New Frontier
CAMERAPERSON (pictured)
Special Events
AMERICAN EPIC
OJ: MADE IN AMERICA (pictured)
Park City at Midnight
THE BLACKOUT EXPERIMENTS
Sundance Kids
THE EAGLE HUNTRESS
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Sundance
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