The second of two documentaries in this year’s New Frontier’s on-screen offerings is John Akomfrah’s THE NINE MUSES, a poetic, experimental meditation on the myth of Odysseus, homecoming, and identity.
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2011 Sundance Docs in Focus: THE NINE MUSES
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2011 Cinema Eye Honors Winners
Tonight’s 4th annual Cinema Eye Honors, recognizing achievements in non-fiction film, saw multiple wins for LAST TRAIN HOME and EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP, with recognition also given to THE OATH, MARWENCOL, THE SOUND OF INSECTS, THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF NICOLAI CEAUSESCU, GASLAND, and more.
For a wrap-up and a full list of winners, check out iW‘s article.
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2011 Sundance Docs in Focus: !WOMEN ART REVOLUTION
Lynn Hershman Leeson brings one of two documentaries to this year’s New Frontier on-screen offerings, !WOMEN ART REVOLUTION, a decades-in-the-making examination of the development of feminist art in the US.
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2011 Sundance Docs in Focus: CORMAN’S WORLD: EXPLOITS OF A HOLLYWOOD REBEL
Alex Stapleton has the only documentary in Park City at Midnight, CORMAN’S WORLD: EXPLOITS OF A HOLLYWOOD REBEL, a love letter to the quintessential independent filmmaker behind such classics as THE LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, HOUSE OF USHER, THE WILD ANGELS, and DEATH RACE 2000.
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2011 Sundance Docs in Focus: GRAB
This year’s Indigenous Showcase features a collection of shorts and Billy Luther’s latest documentary, GRAB, focusing on an annual Laguna Pueblo ceremony.
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On DVD: FREAKONOMICS
Coming to DVD tomorrow, January 18: FREAKONOMICS
I previously profiled the dream team omnibus documentary project upon its theatrical release here.
Buy the DVD here.
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2011 Sundance Docs in Focus: MAGIC TRIP
Best Documentary Oscar winner Alex Gibney, together with Co-Director/Editor Alison Elwood close out the Documentary Premieres section with MAGIC TRIP, a hallucinatory look at Ken Kesey’s LSD-charged 1964 crosscountry road trip.
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2011 Sundance Docs in Focus: THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER SOLD
Morgan Spurlock is in the inaugural class of Documentary Premieres filmmakers with his latest film, THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER SOLD, a self-reflexive look at product placement, branding, and advertising.
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2011 Sundance Docs in Focus: GRANITO
Director Pamela Yates is back at Sundance as part of the Documentary Premieres with her latest film, GRANITO, which looks at the genocide of the Mayan people, and how one of her previous documentaries has played a pivotal role in seeking justice.
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On DVD: SINS OF MY FATHER
Coming to DVD next Tuesday, January 18: SINS OF MY FATHER
My profile of Nicolas Entel’s Escobar documentary can be found here.
Buy the DVD here.
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