Today’s Sundance profiles close out with the second of two docs in the Spotlight section: Sarah Polley’s STORIES WE TELL, a personal investigation into family secrets.
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2013 Sundance Docs in Focus: STORIES WE TELL
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2013 Sundance Docs in Focus: THE GATEKEEPERS
Heading into the final stretch of the Sundance lineup, these profiles look at the first of two documentaries in the Spotlight section: Dror Moreh’s THE GATEKEEPERS, an eye-opening look at Israeli’s national security.
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2013 Sundance Docs in Focus: THE WORLD ACCORDING TO DICK CHENEY
This year’s Documentary Premieres comes to a close: RJ Cutler and Greg Finton’s THE WORLD ACCORDING TO DICK CHENEY, a portrait of the former US vice president.
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On DVD: PINA
Coming to DVD via the Criterion Collection next Tuesday, January 22: PINA
Wim Wenders’ tribute to choreographer Pina Bausch made its premiere in Berlin in 2011. Its festival circuit included slots at Telluride, Toronto, and the New York Film Festival, among many others. It was shortlisted for the foreign Oscar and nominated for the documentary Oscar last year.
I previously wrote about the film here.
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On VOD: THE ATOMIC STATES OF AMERICA
Coming to VOD today, Tuesday, January 15: THE ATOMIC STATES OF AMERICA
Don Argott and Sheena M Joyce premiered their look at America’s nuclear power industry at Sundance a year ago. Since then the film has gone on to festival play at Dallas, the Hamptons, Seattle, Ashland, Montclair, and Heartland, among others. Today it becomes available on iTunes, Netflix Streaming, Sundance NOW, Hulu, Vudu, Sony Playstation, XBOX, Snag Films, Amazon Instant, and Google/YouTube.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
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2013 Sundance Docs in Focus: WHICH WAY IS THE FRONT LINE FROM HERE?
The penultimate film in this year’s Documentary Premieres wraps up today’s Sundance profiles: Sebastian Junger’s WHICH WAY IS THE FRONT LINE FROM HERE? THE LIFE AND TIME OF TIM HETHERINGTON
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In Theatres: OUR SCHOOL
Coming to Brooklyn’s reRun Theater this Friday, January 18: OUR SCHOOL
Mona Nicoara and Miruna Coca-Cozma’s look at the attempts to integrate Roma into Romanian schools made its world premiere at Tribeca in 2011. Since then, it has screened extensively, including Visions du Reel, Thessaloniki Doc, United Nations Association, One World, Transylvania, and Silverdocs, picking up the grand jury prize at the latter.
I included the doc in my Tribeca coverage here.
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2013 Sundance Docs in Focus: WHEN I WALK
Continuing my film-by-film look at this year’s Documentary Premieres: Jason DaSilva’s WHEN I WALK, the filmmaker’s candid self-portrait of learning to live with multiple sclerosis.
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2013 Sundance Docs in Focus: WE STEAL SECRETS: THE STORY OF WIKILEAKS
Academy Award-winning director and Sundance alum Alex Gibney’s newest film continues my profiles of this year’s Documentary Premieres section: WE STEAL SECRETS: THE STORY OF WIKILEAKS
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On VOD: WE’RE NOT BROKE
Coming to Hulu for free tomorrow, Tuesday, January 15: WE’RE NOT BROKE
Karin Hayes and Victoria Bruce’s incendiary exposé of corporate tax loopholes made its premiere a year ago at Sundance. Its festival circuit included Dallas, the Independent Film Festival Boston, DocAviv, and Montclair, among others. In recognition of the national dialogue around the fiscal cliff, the filmmakers have opted to release the doc for free on Hulu in conjunction with Sundance’s Artist Services program.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
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