Category Archives: Recommendations

January 3, 2019 · 1:31 PM

2019 Sundance Docs in Focus: MOONLIGHT SONATA: DEAFNESS IN THREE MOVEMENTS

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MOONLIGHT SONATA: DEAFNESS IN THREE MOVEMENTS
Irene Taylor Brodsky presents a personal meditation on deafness through the experiences of her son, her parents, and Beethoven.

Festival Section:
US Documentary Competition
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January 3, 2019 · 12:01 PM

2019 Sundance Docs in Focus: MIKE WALLACE IS HERE

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MIKE WALLACE IS HERE
Avi Belkin explores the evolution of television journalism through the life and work of the legendary 60 MINUTES correspondent.

Festival Section:
US Documentary Competition
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January 2, 2019 · 3:02 PM

2019 Sundance Docs in Focus: MIDNIGHT FAMILY

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MIDNIGHT FAMILY
Luke Lorentzen explores the tension-filled work of a Mexico City family that runs a private ambulance by night.

Festival Section:
US Documentary Competition
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January 2, 2019 · 1:31 PM

2019 Sundance Docs in Focus: KNOCK DOWN THE HOUSE

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KNOCK DOWN THE HOUSE
Rachel Lears follows the campaigns of four progressive political newcomers as they seek to unseat entrenched incumbents.

Festival Section:
US Documentary Competition
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January 2, 2019 · 12:01 PM

2019 Sundance Docs in Focus: JAWLINE

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JAWLINE
Liza Mandelup follows a hopeful young online personality and the machine which drives success in this strange new world.

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US Documentary Competition
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January 1, 2019 · 3:02 PM

2019 Sundance Docs in Focus: HAIL SATAN?

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HAIL SATAN?
Penny Lane explores the separation of church and state through the unlikely rise of the Satanic Temple.

Festival Section:
US Documentary Competition
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January 1, 2019 · 2:12 PM

On DVD: DAUGHTERS OF THE SEXUAL REVOLUTION: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE DALLAS COWBOYS CHEERLEADERS

Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, January 1:
DAUGHTERS OF THE SEXUAL REVOLUTION: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE DALLAS COWBOYS CHEERLEADERS

Director:
Dana Adam Shapiro

Premiere:
SXSW 2018

Select Festivals:
Nantucket, USA, Tallgrass, Sarasota, Lighthouse

About:
An insider’s look at the legendary cheerleading squad.

I previously wrote about the doc here.

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January 1, 2019 · 1:31 PM

2019 Sundance Docs in Focus: DAVID CROSBY: REMEMBER MY NAME

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DAVID CROSBY: REMEMBER MY NAME
AJ Eaton presents a remarkably candid, warts and all portrait of the rock and roll legend.

Festival Section:
US Documentary Competition
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January 1, 2019 · 12:46 PM

In Theatres: GENESIS 2.0

Coming to theatres tomorrow, Wednesday, January 2:
GENESIS 2.0

Director:
Christian Frei

Co-Director:
Maxim Arbugaev

Premiere:
Sundance 2018

Select Festivals:
Locarno, IDFA, Zurich, Docs Against Gravity, Sarasota

About:
Siberian hunters and international scientists attempt to resurrect the woolly mammoth.

I profiled the doc before Sundance here.

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January 1, 2019 · 12:01 PM

2019 Sundance Docs in Focus: BEDLAM

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BEDLAM
Kenneth Paul Rosenberg exposes the sobering truth behind America’s failure to properly care for the mentally ill over the past half century.

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US Documentary Competition
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