Continuing my film-by-film look at this year’s Documentary Premieres: Jason DaSilva’s WHEN I WALK, the filmmaker’s candid self-portrait of learning to live with multiple sclerosis.
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2013 Sundance Docs in Focus: WHEN I WALK
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2013 Sundance Docs in Focus: WE STEAL SECRETS: THE STORY OF WIKILEAKS
Academy Award-winning director and Sundance alum Alex Gibney’s newest film continues my profiles of this year’s Documentary Premieres section: WE STEAL SECRETS: THE STORY OF WIKILEAKS
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On VOD: WE’RE NOT BROKE
Coming to Hulu for free tomorrow, Tuesday, January 15: WE’RE NOT BROKE
Karin Hayes and Victoria Bruce’s incendiary exposé of corporate tax loopholes made its premiere a year ago at Sundance. Its festival circuit included Dallas, the Independent Film Festival Boston, DocAviv, and Montclair, among others. In recognition of the national dialogue around the fiscal cliff, the filmmakers have opted to release the doc for free on Hulu in conjunction with Sundance’s Artist Services program.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
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2013 Sundance Docs in Focus: SOUND CITY
This week’s Documentary Premieres profiles wrap up with the second of two odes to music recording studios: Dave Grohl’s SOUND CITY
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2013 Sundance Docs in Focus: RUNNING FROM CRAZY
Kicking off the second half of this year’s Documentary Premieres: Barbara Kopple’s RUNNING FROM CRAZY, a portrait of a famed family and its struggle with mental illness.
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2013 Sundance Docs in Focus: PANDORA’S PROMISE
Reaching the halfway point in 2013’s Documentary Premieres: Robert Stone’s PANDORA’S PROMISE, a radical re-examination of nuclear energy.
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On DVD: CHINA HEAVYWEIGHT
Coming to DVD next Tuesday, January 15: CHINA HEAVYWEIGHT
Yung Chang’s look at China’s economic development through the lens of sports made its debut at Sundance a year ago. Since then it has screened at Hot Docs, Sheffield, and Silverdocs, among others, in addition to a limited theatrical release.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
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On VOD: ME @THE ZOO_
Coming to VOD next Tuesday, January 15: ME @THE ZOO_
Chris Moukarbel and Valerie Veatch’s profile of a YouTube phenomenon made its world premiere at Sundance a year ago. After screening at additional fests, including True/False and Provincetown, it was broadcast on HBO. FilmBuff releases the doc on iTunes, Amazon, Movies on Demand, among other VOD/digital options.
My pre-Sundance profile of the film may be found here.
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2013 Sundance Docs in Focus: MUSCLE SHOALS
The first of two love letters to two very different music recording studios wraps up today’s Documentary Premieres profiles: Greg “Freddy” Camalier’s MUSCLE SHOALS
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2013 Sundance Docs in Focus: LINSANITY
Documentary Premieres goes behind the scenes of a sports sensation, before the fame: Evan Jackson Leong’s LINSANITY
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