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Ben Berman attempts to document the life of a terminally-ill magician.
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2019 Sundance Docs in Focus: UNTITLED AMAZING JOHNATHAN DOCUMENTARY
Ben Berman attempts to document the life of a terminally-ill magician.
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2019 Sundance Docs in Focus: TIGERLAND
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Ross Kauffman profiles efforts to reverse the decimation of Asia’s wild tiger population.
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2019 Sundance Docs in Focus: PAHOKEE
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Ivete Lucas and Patrick Bresnan follow four teenagers through their senior year of high school in the Florida Everglades.
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2019 Sundance Docs in Focus: ONE CHILD NATION
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Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang bravely expose the unseen consequences of China’s one-child policy.
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2019 Sundance Docs in Focus: MOONLIGHT SONATA: DEAFNESS IN THREE MOVEMENTS
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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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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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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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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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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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Penny Lane explores the separation of church and state through the unlikely rise of the Satanic Temple.
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