Continuing my spotlight on the second half of the 2013 Sundance US Documentary Competition: GOD LOVES UGANDA, Roger Ross Williams’ exploration of American evangelicals’ coordinated ideological campaign in Uganda.
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2013 Sundance Docs in Focus: GOD LOVES UGANDA
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2012 Top Ten Docs
Indiewire has posted the top ten lists of various film industry respondents, including mine. You can see the full list here.
Largely because non-fiction tends to be an afterthought in these types of end-of-the-year roundups, and because I frankly haven’t had a chance to see a lot of the acclaimed fiction films, my list is all documentaries. If I did include fiction films, I would have certainly listed BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD and AMOUR – but beyond that, I’d have to play a fair amount of catch up. As it is, however, there were several fantastic documentaries that I could have added to my list, so it’s probably best to keep it contained.
Here are pointers to what I’ve written about my top ten docs of 2012 on what (not) to doc in the past. They are unranked, and in alphabetical order:
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2013 Sundance Docs in Focus: GIDEON’S ARMY
Dawn Porter’s profile of three committed but often overwhelmed public defenders is the next film in my overview of Sundance’s US Documentary Competition: GIDEON’S ARMY
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2013 Sundance Docs in Focus: DIRTY WARS
My look at the 2013 Sundance US Documentary Competition reaches the halfway point: Richard Rowley’s DIRTY WARS follows investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill as he uncovers the existence of America’s secret wars.
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2013 Sundance Docs in Focus: CUTIE AND THE BOXER
My rundown of the 2013 Sundance US Documentary Competition continues with Zachary Heinzerling’s directorial debut: CUTIE AND THE BOXER, the decades-long story of the personal and professional struggles of a married pair of Japanese artists in NYC.
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2013 Sundance Docs in Focus: CITIZEN KOCH
Today’s look at Sundance 2013’s US Documentary Competition wraps up with returning filmmakers Carl Deal and Tia Lessin: CITIZEN KOCH, a bracing analysis of the political consequences of corporate personhood.
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2013 Sundance Docs in Focus: BLOOD BROTHER
The next US Documentary Competition title in my profile of the upcoming Sundance doc slate: BLOOD BROTHER, Steve Hoover’s portrait of his best friend, who has dedicated his life to an Indian orphanage for HIV positive children.
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2013 Sundance Docs in Focus: BLACKFISH
Continuing my doc-by-doc look at Sundance 2013: Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s US Documentary Competition title, BLACKFISH, an exploration of the risks of keeping killer whales in captivity – for both the orcas and their trainers.
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2013 Sundance Docs in Focus: AMERICAN PROMISE
The third Sundance 2013 title of today: Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson’s US Documentary Competition entry, AMERICAN PROMISE, which follows two African-American boys from kindergarten to high school graduation.
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2013 Sundance Docs in Focus: AFTER TILLER
Next up in my overview of the 2013 Sundance Film Festival US Documentary Competition: AFTER TILLER, Martha Shane and Lana Wilson’s portrait of the only physicians in the country who perform controversial late-term abortions.
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