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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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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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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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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Sundance alum Amir Bar-Lev brings the story of the Penn State scandal to Documentary Premieres with HAPPY VALLEY.
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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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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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Moving over to this year’s Documentary Premieres section: Chapman Way and Maclain Way’s THE BATTERED BASTARDS OF BASEBALL, the untold story of the ragtag 1970s independent team, the Portland Mavericks.
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Today’s first profile brings this year’s World Cinema Documentary Competition to an end: From Israel/USA, Shosh Shlam and Hilla Medalia’s WEB JUNKIE, a look inside an Internet addiction rehabilitation program in China.
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Today wraps up with the penultimate World Cinema Documentary Competition entry: From France/Austria, Hubert Sauper’s WE COME AS FRIENDS, an unorthodox exploration of neocolonialism in South Sudan.
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