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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: GENESIS 2.0
Christian Frei and Maxim Arbugaev unearth efforts to resurrect the wooly mammoth.
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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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2018 Sundance Docs in Focus: THE PRICE OF EVERYTHING
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Nathaniel Kahn offers a privileged look into the intersection of high art and commerce.
Festival Section:
US Documentary Competition
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2018 Sundance Docs in Focus: ON HER SHOULDERS
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Alexandria Bombach chronicles the efforts of a young woman to advocate for her people on the global stage.
Festival Section:
US Documentary Competition
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2018 Sundance Docs in Focus: MINDING THE GAP
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Bing Liu crafts a sensitive, personal portrait of a group of longtime friends.
Festival Section:
US Documentary Competition
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On TV: 500 YEARS
Coming to PBS’s POV tonight, Monday, January 1:
500 YEARS
Director:
Pamela Yates
Premiere:
Sundance 2017
Select Festivals:
Nantucket, Human Rights Geneva, Human Rights Watch London, Ashland, Full Frame, Seattle, Human Rights Watch New York
About:
The completion of a 35-year trilogy focused on the resistance of Guatemala’s indigenous Mayan population.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
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