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Maxim Pozdorovkin reveals American politics through the distinct, and decidedly warped, lens of the Russian newsmedia.
Festival Section:
World Cinema Documentary Competition
Country:
Russia/USA
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2018 Sundance Docs in Focus: OUR NEW PRESIDENT
Maxim Pozdorovkin reveals American politics through the distinct, and decidedly warped, lens of the Russian newsmedia.
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2018 Sundance Docs in Focus: THE OSLO DIARIES
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Mor Loushy and Daniel Sivan take an unprecedented behind the scenes look at the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
Festival Section:
World Cinema Documentary Competition
Country:
Israel/Canada
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2018 Sundance Docs in Focus: OF FATHERS AND SONS
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Talal Derki embeds with a radical jihadist and his family in Syria.
Festival Section:
World Cinema Documentary Competition
Country:
Germany/Syria/Lebanon/Qatar
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2018 Sundance Docs in Focus: MATANGI/MAYA/MIA
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Stephen Loveridge offers an insider perspective on the life and career of the popular musician.
Festival Section:
World Cinema Documentary Competition
Country:
Sri Lanka/United Kingdom/USA
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2018 Sundance Docs in Focus: GENESIS 2.0
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Christian Frei and Maxim Arbugaev unearth efforts to resurrect the wooly mammoth.
Festival Section:
World Cinema Documentary Competition
Country:
Switzerland
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2018 Sundance Docs in Focus: THE CLEANERS
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Moritz Riesewieck and Hans Block give voice to the hidden figures who police social media.
Festival Section:
World Cinema Documentary Competition
Country:
Germany/Brazil
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2018 Sundance Docs in Focus: ANOTE’S ARK
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Matthieu Rytz intimately chronicles the consequences of climate change on a disappearing island nation.
Festival Section:
World Cinema Documentary Competition
Country:
Canada
Special Program:
The New Climate
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2018 Sundance Docs in Focus: THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS
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Tim Wardle reveals the stranger than fiction tale of triplets separated at birth.
Festival Section:
US Documentary Competition
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2018 Sundance Docs in Focus: THE SENTENCE
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Rudy Valdez reveals the personal impact of mandatory minimum laws on his own family.
Festival Section:
US Documentary Competition
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2018 Sundance Docs in Focus: SEEING ALLRED
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Sophie Sartain and Roberta Grossman craft a candid profile of the controversial women’s rights advocate.
Festival Section:
US Documentary Competition
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