The Final Frontier meets LGBT activism in today’s final Documentary Premieres profile: Director Jennifer Kroot and co-director Bill Weber’s TO BE TAKEI, a portrait of actor and social media icon George Takei.
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2014 Sundance Docs in Focus: TO BE TAKEI
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2014 Sundance Docs in Focus: THIS MAY BE THE LAST TIME
Next up in Documentary Premieres is the feature documentary debut of a Sundance narrative alumnus: Sterlin Harjo’s THIS MAY BE THE LAST TIME, a personal exploration of memory, community, and song.
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2014 Sundance Docs in Focus: MITT
Another Sundance alum brings his latest to Documentary Premieres: Greg Whiteley reveals the man who would have been President in MITT.
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On DVD: 20 FEET FROM STARDOM
Coming to DVD tomorrow, Tuesday, January 14: 20 FEET FROM STARDOM
Morgan Neville’s spotlight on backup singers debuted last year at Sundance as one of the opening night selections. It has screened extensively since, including berths at SXSW, DOC NYC, Miami, Sarasota, Dallas, and Seattle. It enjoyed a successful theatrical release and has been shortlisted for the Best Documentary Oscar – the five finalists will be announced this Thursday.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
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2014 Sundance Docs in Focus: LIFE ITSELF
This week opens with the start of the second half of the Documentary Premieres section: Steve James pays tribute to the late Roger Ebert and to the love of movies in LIFE ITSELF.
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2014 Sundance Docs in Focus: LAST DAYS IN VIETNAM
This week’s profiles end by wrapping up the first half of the Documentary Premieres: Rory Kennedy returns to Park City with LAST DAYS IN VIETNAM, a chronicle of the eleventh hour withdrawal of the US and its allies from Saigon.
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2014 Sundance Docs in Focus: LAMBERT & STAMP
Earlier this week, the Documentary Premieres was expanded to include the first film to be announced for Sundance London 2014: James D Cooper’s LAMBERT & STAMP, about the aspiring filmmakers who became the managers of The Who.
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2014 Sundance Docs in Focus: HAPPY VALLEY
Sundance alum Amir Bar-Lev brings the story of the Penn State scandal to Documentary Premieres with HAPPY VALLEY.
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2014 Sundance Docs in Focus: FREEDOM SUMMER
Another Sundance alumnus brings his latest to this year’s Documentary Premieres section: Stanley Nelson returns to Park City with FREEDOM SUMMER, the chronicle of a key event in Civil Rights history.
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2014 Sundance Docs in Focus: FINDING FELA
Documentary Premieres welcomes back Sundance alum Alex Gibney with his latest film: FINDING FELA, the story of the legendary Nigerian musician and political activist.
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