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Tim Wardle reveals the stranger than fiction tale of triplets separated at birth.
Festival Section:
US Documentary Competition
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2018 Sundance Docs in Focus: THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS
Tim Wardle reveals the stranger than fiction tale of triplets separated at birth.
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On DVD: THANK YOU FOR PLAYING
Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, January 2: THANK YOU FOR PLAYING
Directors:
David Osit and Malika Zouhali-Worrall
Premiere:
Tribeca 2015
Select Festivals:
New Orleans, Hot Docs, IDFA, Bentonville, Melbourne, Camden, Antenna, Rio
About:
An intimate portrait of a family’s reckoning with mortality.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
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2018 Sundance Docs in Focus: THE SENTENCE
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Rudy Valdez reveals the personal impact of mandatory minimum laws on his own family.
Festival Section:
US Documentary Competition
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On DVD: SHADOWMAN
Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, January 2:
SHADOWMAN
Director:
Oren Jacoby
Premiere:
Tribeca 2017
Select Festivals:
Nantucket, Stockholm, Virginia, Vancouver, Poland’s American Film Festival
About:
A once-celebrated but long out-of-the-spotlight contemporary artist emerges from the shadows.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
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2018 Sundance Docs in Focus: SEEING ALLRED
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Sophie Sartain and Roberta Grossman craft a candid profile of the controversial women’s rights advocate.
Festival Section:
US Documentary Competition
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2018 Sundance Docs in Focus: THE PRICE OF EVERYTHING
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Nathaniel Kahn offers a privileged look into the intersection of high art and commerce.
Festival Section:
US Documentary Competition
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2018 Sundance Docs in Focus: ON HER SHOULDERS
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Alexandria Bombach chronicles the efforts of a young woman to advocate for her people on the global stage.
Festival Section:
US Documentary Competition
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On DVD: THE CHALLENGE
Coming to DVD tomorrow, Tuesday, January 2:
THE CHALLENGE
Director:
Yuri Ancarani
Premiere:
Locarno 2016
Select Festivals:
IDFA, Hot Docs, Edinburgh, SXSW, Dubai, New Directors/New Films, True/False, Thessaloniki Doc, Göteborg, Encounters, Taipei, Traverse City, Melbourne, Docs Against Gravity, Docaviv, San Francisco
About:
A privileged look at the lives of ultra-rich Qatari amateur falconers.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
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2018 Sundance Docs in Focus: MINDING THE GAP
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Bing Liu crafts a sensitive, personal portrait of a group of longtime friends.
Festival Section:
US Documentary Competition
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On TV: 500 YEARS
Coming to PBS’s POV tonight, Monday, January 1:
500 YEARS
Director:
Pamela Yates
Premiere:
Sundance 2017
Select Festivals:
Nantucket, Human Rights Geneva, Human Rights Watch London, Ashland, Full Frame, Seattle, Human Rights Watch New York
About:
The completion of a 35-year trilogy focused on the resistance of Guatemala’s indigenous Mayan population.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
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