Category Archives: Film

LITTLE RICHARD: I AM EVERYTHING
This celebration of Little Richard reveals the Black queer origins of rock ’n’ roll, finally exploding the whitewashed canon of American pop music. Through archival and performance footage, the revolutionary icon’s life unspools with all of its switchbacks and contradictions.

Director/Producer:
Lisa Cortés

Producers:
Robert Friedman, Liz Yale Marsh, Caryn Capotosto

Festival Section:
US Documentary Competition

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JOONAM
Spurred by a provocative family memory and a lifetime of separation from the country her mother left behind, a young filmmaker delves into her mother and grandmother’s complicated pasts and her own fractured Iranian identity.

Director/Producer:
Sierra Urich

Producer:
Keith Wilson

Festival Section:
US Documentary Competition

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GOING VARSITY IN MARIACHI
In the competitive world of high school mariachi, the musicians from the South Texas borderlands reign supreme. Under the guidance of coach Abel Acuña, the teenage captains of Edinburg North High School’s acclaimed team must turn a shoestring budget and diverse crew of inexperienced musicians into state champions.

Directors:
Alejandra Vasquez, Sam Osborn

Producers:
James Lawler, Luis A Miranda Jr, Julia Pontecorvo

Festival Section:
US Documentary Competition

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GOING TO MARS: THE NIKKI GIOVANNI PROJECT
Intimate vérité, archival footage, and visually innovative treatments of poetry take us on a journey through the dreamscape of legendary poet Nikki Giovanni as she reflects on her life and legacy.

Directors/Producers:
Joe Brewster, Michèle Stephenson

Producer:
Tommy Oliver

Festival Section:
US Documentary Competition

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THE DISAPPEARANCE OF SHERE HITE
Shere Hite’s 1976 bestselling book, The Hite Report, liberated the female orgasm by revealing the most private experiences of thousands of anonymous survey respondents. Her findings rocked the American establishment and presaged current conversations about gender, sexuality, and bodily autonomy. So how did Shere Hite disappear?

Director/Producer:
Nicole Newnham

Producers:
Molly O’Brien, RJ Cutler, Elise Pearlstein, Kimberley Ferdinando, Trevor Smith

Festival Section:
US Documentary Competition

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BAD PRESS
When the Muscogee Nation suddenly begins censoring its free press, a rogue reporter fights to expose her government’s corruption in a historic battle that will have ramifications for all of Indian country.

Directors:
Rebecca Landsberry-Baker, Joe Peeler

Producers:
Conrad Beilharz, Garrett F Baker, Tyler Graim

Festival Section:
US Documentary Competition

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