TRUMPED: INSIDE THE GREATEST POLITICAL UPSET OF ALL TIME
A behind-the-scenes look at Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.
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2017 Sundance Docs in Focus: TRUMPED: INSIDE THE GREATEST POLITICAL UPSET OF ALL TIME
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2017 Sundance Docs in Focus: THIS IS EVERYTHING: GIGI GORGEOUS
THIS IS EVERYTHING: GIGI GORGEOUS
Barbara Kopple provides viewers with a behind-the-scenes look at the YouTube celebrity’s life-changing transition.
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2017 Sundance Docs in Focus: TELL THEM WE ARE RISING: THE STORY OF BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
TELL THEM WE ARE RISING: THE STORY OF BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
Stanley Nelson explores the pivotal role played by historically Black institutions of higher learning in American society.
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In Theatres: RESET
Coming to theatres tomorrow, Friday, January 13:
RESET
Directors:
Thierry Demaizière and Alban Teurlai
Premiere:
French TV 2015
Select Festivals:
Tribeca, Sydney, Jerusalem, Melbourne, IDFA, Seattle, Vancouver
About:
A new director aims to shake up the Paris Opera Ballet.
Acclaimed choreographer, New York City Ballet principal, and BLACK SWAN choreographer/performer Benjamin Millepied took on the prestigious post of dance director for the Paris Opera Ballet in late 2014. Attaining privileged access, Demaizière and Teurlai follow the charismatic, forward-thinking newcomer as he prepares for his first show while trying to reinvigorate the institution by diversifying casting and updating staging technologies. As the film counts down to the opening night, Millepied is seen developing movements and overseeing his dancers, while the camera also spotlights the physical spaces of the Ballet itself. Given its lack of any real narrative drama, the film, while somewhat overlong, works best as an institutional portrait, one that is beautifully lensed and well edited – with the exception of intermittent rapid-fire montage sequences which prove more distracting than instructive.
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2017 Sundance Docs in Focus: TAKE EVERY WAVE: THE LIFE OF LAIRD HAMILTON
TAKE EVERY WAVE: THE LIFE OF LAIRD HAMILTON
Rory Kennedy profiles the iconoclastic athlete who revolutionized big wave surfing.
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2017 Cinema Eye Honors Winners
The 10th anniversary Cinema Eye Honors, recognizing achievements in non-fiction film from 2016, were celebrated at the Museum of the Moving Image at a ceremony last evening. Earlier this week, the organization announced its Legacy Award winner, Rob Epstein’s THE TIMES OF HARVEY MILK; as well as Michal Marczak’s hybrid ALL THESE SLEEPLESS NIGHTS as the winner of the Heterodox Award, which annually goes to a fiction film that incorporates nonfiction strategies.
Below is the full list of winners announced at last night’s ceremony, which was hosted for the second year in a row by acclaimed documentarian and part-time comedian Steve James. I was happy to once again serve on the Nominations Committee. Congratulations to all the winners, nominees, and the Cinema Eye organizers!
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
CAMERAPERSON
Audience Choice Prize
GLEASON
Outstanding Achievement in Direction
Ezra Edelman for OJ: MADE IN AMERICA
Outstanding Achievement in Editing
Nels Bangerter for CAMERAPERSON
Outstanding Achievement in Production
Ezra Edelman and Caroline Waterlow for OJ: MADE IN AMERICA
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
Kirsten Johnson for CAMERAPERSON
Outstanding Acheivement in Nonfiction Films Made for Television
MAKING A MURDERER
Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film
HOOLIGAN SPARROW
Outstanding Achievement in an Original Music Score
David Byrne, LeeAnn Rossi, and Aaron Rosenblum for CONTEMPORARY COLOR
Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design or Animation
Craig Staggs and Keith Maitland for TOWER
Spotlight Award
LES SAUTEURS (THOSE WHO JUMP)
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Short Filmmaking
LA LAGUNA
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2017 Sundance Docs in Focus: RANCHER, FARMER, FISHERMAN
RANCHER, FARMER, FISHERMAN
Directors Susan Froemke and John Hoffman and co-director Beth Aala profile unlikely conservation leaders.
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The New Climate
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New York Jewish Film Festival 2016: Documentary Overview
The 25th annual New York Jewish Film Festival opens tonight, Wednesday, January 11, and runs through Tuesday, January 24. The event, co-presented by Film Society of Lincoln Center and The Jewish Museum, has a smaller lineup than in the past, presenting just over 20 new and retrospective features, including 11 new works of nonfiction.
Among these offerings are the world premieres of SHALOM RABIN (pictured), Amos Gitai’s essay film of the months prior to the controversial Israeli leader’s assassination; and ANGEL WAGENSTEIN: ART IS A WEAPON, Andrea Simon’s portrait of the Cannes award-winning Bulgarian Jewish director and author.
US premieres include Gabrielle Zilkha’s DOING JEWISH: A STORY FROM GHANA (pictured), which follows the filmmaker as she connects with African Jews; and Giovanni Troilo’s WILLIAM KENTRIDGE: TRIUMPHS AND LAMENTS, a behind-the-scenes look at the Jewish South African artist as he undertakes a massive project in Rome.
Finally, New York City premieres appearing at the fest are Danae Elon’s THE PATRIARCH’S ROOM (pictured), about Jerusalem’s Greek Orthodox Church leader, living under house arrest; and Oren Rosenfeld’s HUMMUS! THE MOVIE, which profiles three diverse Israelis and the food that connects them.
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2017 Sundance Docs in Focus: OKLAHOMA CITY
OKLAHOMA CITY
Barak Goodman revisits the events which led to the 1995 terrorist bombing of the Oklahoma City Federal Building.
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2017 Sundance Docs in Focus: LONG STRANGE TRIP
LONG STRANGE TRIP
Amir Bar-Lev offers a history of the legendary counterculture band the Grateful Dead.
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