Category Archives: Sundance

My New Frontier roundup ends with the third of three nonfiction/hybrid titles: Peter Middleton and James Spinney’s NOTES ON BLINDNESS, which re-embodies a man’s experiences of losing his sight.

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Today’s second New Frontier title: Deborah Stratman’s THE ILLINOIS PARABLES, an experimental meditation on belief, doubt, science, and religion.

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Coming to Pivot TV for its Stand Up For Justice Month programming today, Monday, January 18: A PLACE AT THE TABLE

Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush’s look at hunger in America made its bow at Sundance in 2012. Further festival play included Seattle, Cleveland, Philadelphia, and Palm Springs, among others.

My pre-Sundance profile of the film may be found here.

Today’s Sundance doc profiles explore the nonfiction and hybrid feature films of the New Frontier section. First up: Kirsten Johnson’s CAMERAPERSON, the acclaimed cinematographer’s reflections on documentary image making.

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Coming to Pivot TV for its Stand Up For Justice Month programming today, Monday, January 18: THE INTERNET’S OWN BOY: THE STORY OF AARON SWARTZ

Brian Knappenberger’s look at the life and death of the Internet activist had its world premiere at Sundance in 2014. Screenings followed at SXSW, Nantucket, Hot Docs, Atlanta, IFF Boston, and Seattle, among other fests, before it was shortlisted for the Best Documentary Academy Award.

I profiled the doc before Sundance here.

The final film in the Doc Premieres section brings this week’s Sundance doc profiles to a close: UNLOCKING THE CAGE, Chris Hegedus and DA Pennebaker’s thought-provoking look at a legal team’s efforts to advocate for animals.

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My Sundance doc preview reaches the penultimate film in this year’s Doc Premieres section: UNDER THE GUN, Stephanie Soechtig’s investigation of America’s gun control debate.

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Today’s look at this year’s Sundance docs wraps up: RICHARD LINKLATER: DREAM IS DESTINY, Louis Black and Karen Bernstein’s exploration of the career of the acclaimed Austin-based filmmaker.

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Continuing today’s look at this year’s Doc Premieres: RESILIENCE, James Redford’s investigation into the connections between childhood emotional trauma and later physical illness.

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With one week to go before Sundance kicks off, my profiles of this year’s Doc Premieres are headed into the homestretch: NOTHING LEFT UNSAID: GLORIA VANDERBILT & ANDERSON COOPER, Liz Garbus’ dual portrait of the famed mother and son.

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