Category Archives: Sundance

LAST THINGS
Evolution and extinction from the point of view of rocks. A humid take on minerals, where sci-fi meets sci-fact. The geo-biosphere is a place of evolutionary possibility, where humans disappear but life endures.

Director/Producer:
Deborah Stratman

Producer:
Anže Peržin, Gaëlle Boucand

Festival Section:
New Frontier

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A COMMON SEQUENCE
An interconnected look at tradition, colonialism, property, faith, and science, as seen through labor practices that link an endangered salamander, mass-produced apples, and the evolving fields of genomics and machine learning.

Directors/Producers:
Mary Helena Clark, Mike Gibisser

Producer:
Graciela Guerrero-Reyes

Festival Section:
New Frontier

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STILL: A MICHAEL J FOX MOVIE
The improbable tale of a short kid from a Canadian army base who became the darling of 1980s Hollywood — only to find the course of his life altered by a stunning diagnosis. What happens when an incurable optimist confronts an incurable disease?

Director/Producer:
Davis Guggenheim

Producers:
Annetta Marion, Jonathan King, Will Cohen

Festival Section:
Premieres

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PRETTY BABY: BROOKE SHIELDS
A galvanizing look at actor, model, and icon Brooke Shields as she transforms from sexualized young girl to a woman discovering her power. Holding a mirror up to a society that objectifies women and girls, her story shows the perils and triumphs of gaining agency in a hostile world.

Director:
Lana Wilson

Producers:
Christine O’Malley, Jack Turner

Festival Section:
Premieres

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PLAN C
A hidden grassroots organization doggedly fights to expand access to abortion pills across the United States keeping hope alive during a global pandemic and the fall of Roe v Wade.

Director/Producer:
Tracy Droz Tragos

Festival Section:
Premieres

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MURDER IN BIG HORN
The deaths of a group of Native American women in rural Montana are the focus as Native families, journalists, and local law enforcement reveal a violent crisis set in motion almost 200 years ago.

Director/Producer:
Razelle Benally

Director:
Matthew Galkin

Producers:
Ivan Macdonald, Ivy Macdonald

Festival Section:
Premieres

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JUDY BLUME FOREVER
The radical honesty of the books by young adult fiction pioneer Judy Blume changed the way millions of readers understood themselves, their sexuality, and what it meant to grow up, but also led to critical battles against book banning and censorship.

Director/Producer:
Davina Pardo, Leah Wolchok

Producers:
Sara Bernstein, Justin Wilkes, Marcella Steingart

Festival Section:
Premieres

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IT’S ONLY LIFE AFTER ALL
Blending 40 years of home movies, film archives, and intimate present-day vérité, a poignant reflection from Amy Ray and Emily Saliers of iconic folk rock duo Indigo Girls. A timely look into the obstacles, activism, and life lessons of two queer friends who never expected to make it big.

Director/Producer:
Alexandria Bombach

Producers:
Kathlyn Horan, Jess Devaney, Anya Rous

Festival Section:
Premieres

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INVISIBLE BEAUTY
Fashion revolutionary Bethann Hardison looks back on her journey as a pioneering Black model, modeling agent, and activist, shining a light on an untold chapter in the fight for racial diversity.

Director/Producer:
Bethann Hardison, Frédéric Tcheng

Producer:
Lisa Cortés

Festival Section:
Premieres

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FOOD AND COUNTRY
America’s policy of producing cheap food at all costs has long hobbled small independent farmers, ranchers, and chefs. Worried for their survival, trailblazing food writer Ruth Reichl reaches out across political and social divides to uncover the country’s broken food system and the innovators risking it all to transform it.

Director/Producer:
Laura Gabbert

Producers:
Ruth Reichl, Paula P Manzanedo, Caroline Libresco, Lisa Remington

Festival Section:
Premieres

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