The UK is the setting for the next entry in the World Cinema Documentary Competition: DARK HORSE, Louise Osmond’s tale of an improbable racing dream. Continue reading
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2015 Sundance Docs in Focus: DARK HORSE
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2015 Sundance Docs in Focus: CHUCK NORRIS VS COMMUNISM
The World Cinema Documentary Competition heads to Romania next with UK/Romanian/German co-production CHUCK NORRIS VS COMMUNISM, Ilinca Calugareanu’s look at the secret role the VCR played in the fall of the Iron Curtain. Continue reading
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2015 Sundance Docs in Focus: THE CHINESE MAYOR
China is the next country represented in the World Cinema Documentary Competition with THE CHINESE MAYOR, Hao Zhou’s inside look at a local official’s radical plan to bring prosperity to his city. Continue reading
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2015 Sundance Docs in Focus: CENSORED VOICES
The second title in this year’s World Cinema Documentary Competition finishes up today’s Sundance profiles: From Israel/Germany, CENSORED VOICES, Mor Loushy’s unearthing of candid reflections on war by Israeli soldiers in 1967. Continue reading
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2015 Sundance Docs in Focus: THE AMINA PROFILE
Next up is the 2015 World Cinema Documentary Competition, which begins with Canada’s THE AMINA PROFILE, Sophie Deraspe’s unraveling of the strange case of a Syrian woman’s disappearance. Continue reading
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On DVD/VOD: A WILL FOR THE WOODS
Coming to DVD and VOD today, Tuesday, January 6: A WILL FOR THE WOODS
Amy Browne, Jeremy Kaplan, Tony Hale, and Brian Wilson’s sensitive exploration of green burial premiered at Full Frame in 2013. Other fest engagements included DOC NYC, New Orleans, AFI Docs, Sidewalk, DocuWest, Camden, Big Sky, Cleveland, Sebastopol Doc, and Atlanta, among others.
I previously wrote about the film out of AFI Docs here.
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2015 Sundance Docs in Focus: THE WOLFPACK
Today’s profiles kick off with the final entry in the US Documentary Competition: Crystal Moselle’s THE WOLFPACK, about an isolated family whose only connection to the outside world is through movies. Continue reading
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On VOD: ART AND CRAFT
Coming to VOD today, Tuesday, January 6: ART AND CRAFT
Directors Sam Cullman and Jennifer Grausman and co-director Mark Becker’s look at a curious case of forgery and “philanthropy” had its world premiere at Tribeca last year. Its festival circuit has also included Nantucket, Hot Docs, Montclair, and San Francisco, among others. The film has been selected as one of the fifteen Documentary Feature Oscar shortlist titles.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
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2015 Sundance Docs in Focus: WESTERN
The penultimate film in the US Documentary Competition brings today’s profiles to an end: Bill Ross and Turner Ross’ WESTERN, in which towns on both sides of the Rio Grande face the threat of drug cartels. Continue reading
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2015 Sundance Docs in Focus: WELCOME TO LEITH
The US Documentary Competition heads into the homestretch with Michael Beach Nichols and Christopher K Walker’s WELCOME TO LEITH, the story of a small town facing a hostile takeover. Continue reading
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