The next film in the World Cinema Documentary Competition comes from Canada – Julia Ivanova’s exploration of an unusually large Ukrainian foster family, FAMILY PORTRAIT IN BLACK & WHITE.
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2011 Sundance Docs in Focus: FAMILY PORTRAIT IN BLACK & WHITE
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2011 Sundance Docs in Focus: THE FLAW
The second half of this spotlight on the World Cinema Documentary Competition begins with David Sington’s THE FLAW, from the UK, which offers a comprehensive analysis of the US financial crisis.
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Special Panel: Programming Documentary Festivals at UnionDocs
If you’re based in the NYC area or planning on being in town this coming Sunday, January 16 at 7:30pm, I’m taking part in a panel at UnionDocs, an organization that presents innovative documentary film and panel programming in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
The panel, entitled “Why Festivals? Doc Film Fest Programmers Discuss,” examines the role of film festivals in bringing films to audiences and to the wider distribution landscape, and specifically addresses the programming process. I’m joined by Sky Sitney (Silverdocs), Charlotte Selb (RIDM – Montreal International Documentary Festival), Ben Fowlie (Camden International Film Festival), and Sally Berger (The Museum of Modern Art’s Documentary Fortnight), with UnionDocs’ Artistic Director/Founder Christopher Allen and Programmer Steve Holmgren moderating.
Read more about the panel and participants here.
Note: This post has been edited to reflect Sally Berger’s recent inclusion as a panelist.
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2011 Sundance Docs in Focus: THE BLACK POWER MIXTAPE 1967-1975
This film-by-film look at the World Cinema Documentary competition reaches the halfway point with Göran Hugo Olsson’s Swedish/US co-production, THE BLACK POWER MIXTAPE 1967-1975, an astute condensation of pivotal years in the movement from a non-American viewpoint.
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2011 Sundance Docs in Focus: THE GREEN WAVE
The second of three IDFA titles to compete for the World Cinema Documentary jury prize is Ali Samadi Ahadi’s story of the Iranian political revolution of 2009, THE GREEN WAVE, a German/Iran co-production.
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indieWIRE @ Hulu Docs: Sundance Flashback, Part One
Since before the end of the year, this blog has been counting down to Sundance – so when it came time to curate another round of selections for Hulu’s Documentaries page for indieWIRE, I decided to look backwards to past films that screened in Park City. For the next two weeks or so, you can enjoy a varied collection of Sundance alumni docs for free!
For more information about the selections, take a look at my iW article.
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2011 Sundance Docs in Focus: THE BENGALI DETECTIVE
Continuing the rundown of this year’s World Cinema Documentary Competition:
Philip Cox’s investigation of street-level crime and corruption in India, THE BENGALI DETECTIVE, a UK/Indian/US co-production.
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2011 Sundance Docs in Focus: HELL AND BACK AGAIN
My spotlight on this year’s World Cinema Documentary Competition continues with Danfung Dennis’ HELL AND BACK AGAIN, about a wounded soldier’s haunting experience of war in Afghanistan, a UK/US co-production.
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2011 Sundance Docs in Focus: AN AFRICAN ELECTION
Next up in the World Cinema Documentary Competition is the first of three films that also screened recently at IDFA: Director Jarreth Merz and Co-Director Kevin Merz’s in-depth look at the Ghanaian political process, AN AFRICAN ELECTION, a Swiss/US co-production.
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Special Screening: ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE
Opening the winter season of NYC’s Stranger Than Fiction next Tuesday, January 11: ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE
I wrote about Rob Lemkin & Thet Sambath’s 2010 Sundance World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Prize winning film upon its theatrical release – for my take click here.
If you’re in the NYC area, go to STF for another chance to see the film on the big screen, and for the post-screening Q&A with director Rob Lemkin.
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