Coming to PBS’s POV this coming Monday, February 3: AMERICAN PROMISE
Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson’s thirteen-year look at black male academic achievement debuted at Sundance last year, where it won a special jury award. It went on to screen at the New York Film Festival, Full Frame, and Hot Springs, among others, before its theatrical release.
I profiled the doc pre-Sundance here.
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With Sundance 2014 concluding yesterday, w(n)td has resumed regular posting today, but there’s one last bit of Park City business to attend to: the awards. I live-tweeted Saturday’s awards announcements already, but for those who missed it, here’s the recap: Continue reading
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Coming to NYC’s Film Forum this Wednesday, January 29: CHARLIE VICTOR ROMEO
Robert Berger and Karlyn Michelson’s experimental black box-based airline emergency film debuted at Sundance last year. It also went on to screen at the New York Film Festival, DocPoint, AFI Fest, CPH:DOX, and Hamptons.
My pre-Sundance profile of the film may be found here.
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With the 2014 Sundance Film Festival beginning tonight, Thursday, January 16, and running through Sunday, January 26, my responsibilities as Programming Associate for the festival will keep me from posting here, so w(n)td will be on hiatus for the duration. Normal, daily posting will resume on Monday, January 27.
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Finally, before I sign off, here are links to each of my 2014 Sundance documentary profiles, divided by section:
US Documentary Competition
ALIVE INSIDE: A STORY OF MUSIC & MEMORY
CAPTIVATED: THE TRIALS OF PAMELA SMART
THE INTERNET’S OWN BOY: THE STORY OF AARON SWARTZ
RICH HILL (pictured)
World Cinema Documentary Competition
20,000 DAYS ON EARTH
CONCERNING VIOLENCE (pictured)
SEPIDEH – REACHING FOR THE STARS
Documentary Premieres
THE BATTERED BASTARDS OF BASEBALL
LIFE ITSELF (pictured)
WHITEY: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA V JAMES J BULGER
Premieres
NICK OFFERMAN: AMERICAN HAM
Park City at Midnight
UNDER THE ELECTRIC SKY (EDC 2013)
New Frontier
LIVING STARS (pictured)
THROUGH A LENS DARKLY: BLACK PHOTOGRAPHERS AND THE EMERGENCE OF A PEOPLE
From the Collection
HOOP DREAMS
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The final doc profile for this year’s Sundance looks at the nonfiction offering in From the Collection: Steve James’ classic HOOP DREAMS.
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The final New Frontier film* featured in my 2014 Sundance Doc Profiles: THROUGH A LENS DARKLY: BLACK PHOTOGRAPHERS AND THE EMERGENCE OF A PEOPLE, Thomas Allen Harris’ long-in-the-works excavation of black photographic self-representation.
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Shifting over to the festival’s innovative New Frontier section for this last day of 2014 Sundance doc profiles: Sam Green’s latest live documentary, THE MEASURE OF ALL THINGS, a meditation on mankind’s sense of self.
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Shifting over to the festival’s innovative New Frontier section for this last day of 2014 Sundance doc profiles: Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat’s LIVING STARS, in which everyday Argentines dance.
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Coming to PBS’s Independent Lens next Monday, January 20: BLOOD BROTHER
Steve Hoover’s portrait of a young American who devotes himself to caring for Indian orphans with HIV had its world premiere at Sundance last year, where it claimed both jury and audience awards for best US documentary film. Its fest circuit also included Nantucket, Thessaloniki Doc, Heartland, Milwaukee, Big Sky, Little Rock, and New Zealand, among others.
I previously profiled the doc before Sundance here.
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Today’s Sundance profiles wrap with the sole documentary in the Park City at Midnight section: UNDER THE ELECTRIC SKY (EDC 2013), about the legendary electronic music festival.
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