LOLLA: THE STORY OF LOLLAPALOOZA In the summer of ’91, the Lollapalooza music festival was born. What started as a farewell tour for the band Jane’s Addiction rose from the underground to launch a cultural movement and change music forever.
Director/Producer: Michael John Warren
Producers: James Lee Hernandez, Brian Lazarte, Brian Levy, Mat Whittington, Daniel Gibbs, Bruce Gillmer, Amanda Culkowski, Perry Farrell, Charlie Walker, Charles Attal, Berkeley Reinhold
Festival Section: Episodic
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GOD SAVE TEXAS: THE PRICE OF OIL Three directors offer their unique and personal perspectives on their home state of Texas, creating vivid portraits of a state that mirrors the United States’ past, present, and future. Inspired by the book God Save Texas: A Journey Into the Soul of the Lone Star State by Lawrence Wright.
As the world’s energy capital, Houston is a city that manufactures both its prominence and demise. Alex Stapleton explores the industry’s impact on her family, who arrived as enslaved people in the 1830s, built thriving communities, and now must cope with the human costs of Texas’ biggest money-maker.
Director: Alex Stapleton
Executive Producers: Lawrence Wright, Alex Gibney, Richard Linklater, Peter Berg, Michael Lombardo, Elizabeth Rogers, Stacey Offman, Richard Perello, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller
GOD SAVE TEXAS: LA FRONTERA Three directors offer their unique and personal perspectives on their home state of Texas, creating vivid portraits of a state that mirrors the United States’ past, present, and future. Inspired by the book God Save Texas: A Journey Into the Soul of the Lone Star State by Lawrence Wright.
Iliana Sosa examines how “nepantla,” an embrace of in-betweenness, characterizes relations to both her Mexican heritage and her hometown of El Paso, Texas. An exploration revealing how the city’s humanity and unique hybridity catalyzed unity, nurturing healing in the aftermath of a devastating mass shooting in 2019.
Director: Iliana Sosa
Executive Producers: Lawrence Wright, Alex Gibney, Richard Linklater, Peter Berg, Michael Lombardo, Richard Perello, Stacey Offman, Elizabeth Rogers, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller
Producer: Danielle Mynard
Festival Section: Episodic
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GOD SAVE TEXAS: HOMETOWN PRISON Three directors offer their unique and personal perspectives on their home state of Texas, creating vivid portraits of a state that mirrors the United States’ past, present, and future. Inspired by the book God Save Texas: A Journey Into the Soul of the Lone Star State by Lawrence Wright.
Huntsville, Texas sits at the heart of an expansive prison industrial complex. Yet, for many residents, these prisons exist in another realm, disconnected from their lives. Richard Linklater revisits his hometown to explore its diverse inhabitants, painting a vibrant portrait that encapsulates the criminal justice system of Texas.
Director/Executive Producer: Richard Linklater
Executive Producers: Lawrence Wright, Alex Gibney, Peter Berg, Michael Lombardo, Elizabeth Rogers, Stacey Offman, Richard Perello, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller
Producer: Nell Constantinople
Festival Section: Episodic
More Info: Linklater has brought seven of his fiction features to Sundance before – including SLACKER, BEFORE SUNRISE, BEFORE MIDNIGHT, and BOYHOOD – as well as the doc short LIVE FROM SHIVA’S DANCE FLOOR. His most recent fiction film, HIT MAN, also screens in this year’s lineup, as part of the Spotlight section.
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CONBODY VS EVERYBODY Over eight years, Coss Marte builds ConBody, a gym inspired by workouts he developed while in prison. Committed to employing trainers who were formerly incarcerated, Coss creates a community fighting to break the cycle of recidivism while navigating society’s many obstacles to reentry.
Director/Executive Producer: Debra Granik
Executive Producers: Anne Rosellini, Victoria Stewart, Jeff Skoll, Diane Weyermann, Joslyn Barnes, Jonathan Scheuer
Festival Section: Episodic
More Info: Granik’s three previous fiction features – DOWN TO THE BONE, WINTER’S BONE, and LEAVE NO TRACE – have debuted at Sundance, but this marks her first nonfiction work at the Festival.
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BETTER ANGELS: THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO TAMMY FAYE As told by her family, friends, and enemies, the meteoric rise, scandalous fall, and unlikely resurrection of Tammy Faye, the “First Lady of the Electric Church,” poses an increasingly relevant question: How did we get the story so wrong?
Director/Executive Producer: Dana Adam Shapiro
Executive Producers: Elton John, David Furnish, Danny Gabai, Alexander Moore, Vanessa Case, Helen Rollins, Peter Rollins, Jesse Angelo, Subrata De
Producer: Guillermo Garcia
Festival Section: Episodic
More Info: Shapiro previously debuted his Oscar-nominated doc feature MURDERBALL at the Festival.
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WILL & HARPER When Will Ferrell finds out his close friend of 30 years is coming out as a trans woman, the two decide to embark on a cross-country road trip to process this new stage of their relationship in an intimate portrait of friendship, transition, and America.
Director/Producer: Josh Greenbaum
Producers: Rafael Marmor, Will Ferrell, Jessica Elbaum, Christopher Leggett
Festival Section: Premieres
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SUPER/MAN: THE CHRISTOPHER REEVE STORY Never-before-seen home movies and extraordinary personal archives reveal how Christopher Reeve went from unknown actor to iconic movie star as the ultimate screen superhero. He learned the true meaning of heroism as an activist after suffering a tragic accident that left him quadriplegic and dependent on a ventilator to breathe.
Director/Producer: Ian Bonhôte
Director: Peter Ettedgui
Producers: Lizzie Gillett, Robert Ford
Festival Section: Premieres
Country of Origin: UK/US
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SUE BIRD: IN THE CLUTCH In her 21-year professional career, WNBA basketball legend Sue Bird has won five Olympic gold medals and become the most successful point guard to ever play the game. Alongside her fiancée, US soccer star Megan Rapinoe, Sue confronts her next challenge: retiring from the only life she’s ever known.
Director/Producer: Sarah Dowland
Producers: Emily Singer Chapman, Svetlana Zill
Festival Section: Premieres
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POWER Driven to maintain social order, policing in the United States has exploded in scope and scale over hundreds of years. Now, American policing embodies one word: power.
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