Continuing my spotlight on this year’s World Cinema Documentary Competition with the first of three films that debuted at IDFA this past Fall: From France/Finland, HAPPINESS, Thomas Balmès’ illuminating look at the advent of modernity in a Bhutanese village.
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2014 Sundance Docs in Focus: HAPPINESS
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On DVD: LINSANITY
Coming to DVD tomorrow, Tuesday, January 7: LINSANITY
Evan Jackson Leong’s look at the celebrated basketball player made its debut at last year’s Sundance. It went on to screen at SXSW, Hawaii, Hong Kong, NY’s Asian American, LA Asian Pacific, and Pacific Rim, among others, and to enjoy a limited theatrical release.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
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2014 Sundance Docs in Focus: THE GREEN PRINCE
Resuming my overview of this year’s World Cinema Documentary Competition: From Germany/Israel/UK, THE GREEN PRINCE, Nadav Schirman’s exploration of the unlikely relationship between would-be mortal enemies.
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On TV: TO CATCH A DOLLAR
Coming to the WORLD Channel today, Monday January 6: TO CATCH A DOLLAR: MUHAMMAD YUNUS BANKS ON AMERICA
Gayle Ferraro’s exploration of the potential of microfinance to change women’s lives made its debut at Sundance in 2010. It went on to screen at CPH:DOX and Miami, among other fests, and to have a successful theatrical release around the country.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
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2014 Sundance Docs in Focus: CONCERNING VIOLENCE
This week’s profiles come to an end with the return of alumnus Göran Hugo Olsson to the World Cinema Documentary Competition: Sweden’s CONCERNING VIOLENCE, a provocative meditation on colonialism and liberation in 20th century Africa.
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2014 Sundance Docs in Focus: 20,000 DAYS ON EARTH
Expanding beyond the US, the 2014 World Cinema Documentary Competition kicks off with Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard’s 20,000 DAYS ON EARTH, from the UK, a hybrid portrait of singer/songwriter Nick Cave.
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On DVD: INEQUALITY FOR ALL
Coming to DVD this coming Tuesday, January 7: INEQUALITY FOR ALL
Jacob Kornbluth’s exploration of America’s widening economic disparity debuted at Sundance last year, picking up a special jury prize. Its fest circuit has included Seattle, Traverse City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, AFI Docs, Zurich, and Deuville, among others.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
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2014 Sundance Docs in Focus: WATCHERS OF THE SKY
The sixteenth and final film in this year’s US Documentary Competition sees the return of a two-time Sundance alum: Edet Belzberg’s WATCHERS OF THE SKY, a far-ranging exploration of the world’s response to genocide.
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2014 Sundance Docs in Focus: RICH HILL
The penultimate film in the 2014 Sundance US Documentary Competition closes out today’s doc profiles: Tracy Droz Tragos and Andrew Droz Palermo’s RICH HILL, a deeply humanistic look at the lives of three adolescents and their impoverished rural town.
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2014 Sundance Docs in Focus: PRIVATE VIOLENCE
The US Documentary Competition heads into the homestretch: Cynthia Hill’s PRIVATE VIOLENCE, an intimate and powerful exploration of domestic violence.
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