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.
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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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Documentary Premieres
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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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Documentary Premieres
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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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Documentary Premieres
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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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Documentary Premieres
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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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Documentary Premieres
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This year’s Day One US doc feature brings us past the Documentary Premieres’ halfway point: NORMAN LEAR: JUST ANOTHER VERSION OF YOU, Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing’s profile of one of the masters of the television sitcom form.
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Documentary Premieres
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The next Sundance doc profile also takes on a cultural icon: MICHAEL JACKSON’S JOURNEY FROM MOTOWN TO OFF THE WALL, Spike Lee’s exploration of the transformation of the child star to the King of Pop.
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Documentary Premieres
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Continuing my look at this year’s Sundance docs: MAYA ANGELOU: AND STILL I RISE, Bob Hercules and Rita Coburn Whack’s celebration of the acclaimed poet.
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Documentary Premieres
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