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2019 Sundance Docs in Focus: TIGERLAND

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TIGERLAND
Ross Kauffman profiles efforts to reverse the decimation of Asia’s wild tiger population.

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US Documentary Competition
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2019 Sundance Docs in Focus: PAHOKEE

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PAHOKEE
Ivete Lucas and Patrick Bresnan follow four teenagers through their senior year of high school in the Florida Everglades.

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US Documentary Competition
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2019 Sundance Docs in Focus: ONE CHILD NATION

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ONE CHILD NATION
Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang bravely expose the unseen consequences of China’s one-child policy.

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US Documentary Competition
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2019 Sundance Docs in Focus: MOONLIGHT SONATA: DEAFNESS IN THREE MOVEMENTS

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MOONLIGHT SONATA: DEAFNESS IN THREE MOVEMENTS
Irene Taylor Brodsky presents a personal meditation on deafness through the experiences of her son, her parents, and Beethoven.

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2019 Sundance Docs in Focus: MIKE WALLACE IS HERE

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MIKE WALLACE IS HERE
Avi Belkin explores the evolution of television journalism through the life and work of the legendary 60 MINUTES correspondent.

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2019 Sundance Docs in Focus: MIDNIGHT FAMILY

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MIDNIGHT FAMILY
Luke Lorentzen explores the tension-filled work of a Mexico City family that runs a private ambulance by night.

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2019 Sundance Docs in Focus: KNOCK DOWN THE HOUSE

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KNOCK DOWN THE HOUSE
Rachel Lears follows the campaigns of four progressive political newcomers as they seek to unseat entrenched incumbents.

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2019 Sundance Docs in Focus: JAWLINE

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JAWLINE
Liza Mandelup follows a hopeful young online personality and the machine which drives success in this strange new world.

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2019 Sundance Docs in Focus: HAIL SATAN?

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HAIL SATAN?
Penny Lane explores the separation of church and state through the unlikely rise of the Satanic Temple.

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2019 Sundance Docs in Focus: DAVID CROSBY: REMEMBER MY NAME

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DAVID CROSBY: REMEMBER MY NAME
AJ Eaton presents a remarkably candid, warts and all portrait of the rock and roll legend.

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