The following past Sundance Film Festival documentaries are scheduled for release this month: >April 1Streaming: Max THE SYNANON FIXSundance 2024 Courtesy of Sundance Institute | Photo by Bruce Levine Director:Rory Kennedy About:Exploring the rise and fall of the Synanon organization — through the eyes of the members who lived it — from its early days as a groundbreaking drug rehabilitation program to its later descent into what many consider a cult. >April 2 On DVD INFLUENCE Sundance 2020 Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Mark Bugyra Director:Diana Neille, Richard Poplak About:A ..read more

The following past Sundance Film Festival documentaries are scheduled for release this month: >March 8In Theatres, On VOD, & Streaming SPACE: THE LONGEST GOODBYESundance 2023 Courtesy of Sundance Institute | Photo by NASA/Bill Ingalls Director:Ido Mizrahy About:Social isolation affects millions of people, even Mars-bound astronauts. A savvy NASA psychologist is tasked with protecting these daring explorers. >March 12 On DVD SPACE: THE LONGEST GOODBYESundance 2023 Courtesy of Sundance Institute | Photo by NASA/Bill Ingalls Director:Ido Mizrahy About:Social isolation affects millions o ..read more

The following past Sundance Film Festival documentaries are scheduled for release this month: >February 2On TV & Streaming: Paramount+ with Showtime KOKOMO CITYSundance 2023 Courtesy of Sundance Institute | Photo by D Smith Director:D Smith About:Four Black transgender sex workers explore the dichotomy between the Black community and themselves, while confronting issues long avoided. >February 20 On VOD I DIDN’T SEE YOU THERESundance 2022 Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Reid Davenport Director:Reid Davenport About:Spurred by the spectacle of a circus tent that goes up outsi ..read more

The winners of the 2024 Sundance Film Festival were announced on Friday. A list of the feature awards follows: US Documentary Competition Awards: Grand Jury Prize: PORCELAIN WAR | Courtesy of Sundance Institute | Photo by Slava Leontyev and Andrey StefanovAudience Award: DAUGHTERS | Courtesy of Sundance InstituteDirecting Award: SUGARCANE | Courtesy of Sundance Institute | Photo by Christopher LaMarcaJonathan Oppenheim Editing Award: FRIDA | Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Leo MatizSpecial Jury Award: Sound: GAUCHO GAUCHO | Courtesy of Sundance InstituteSpecial Jury Award: The Art o ..read more

Courtesy of Sundance Institute THE TIMES OF HARVEY MILKSet in San Francisco in the 1970s, THE TIMES OF HARVEY MILK tells of the extraordinary rise to power of a long-haired, gay camera store owner from the Castro District who became one of the city’s most colorful and influential elected officials, as well as one of the decade’s most prominent leaders of the LGBTQ+ rights movement — that is, until he was shot and killed at City Hall by former police officer and fellow supervisor Dan White. Harvey Milk’s journey to that fateful day is recounted brilliantly through the course of the film. Direct ..read more

Courtesy of Sundance Institute DIG! XXDIG! XX tracks the tumultuous rise of two talented musicians, Anton Newcombe, leader of the Brian Jonestown Massacre, and Courtney Taylor, leader of the Dandy Warhols, and dissects their star-crossed friendship and bitter rivalry. Through their loves and obsessions, gigs and recordings, arrests and death threats, uppers and downers, and ultimately to their chance at a piece of the profit-driven music business, they stage a self-proclaimed revolution in the music industry. Director/Producer: Ondi Timoner Producer:David Timoner Festival Section:40th Edition ..read more

Courtesy of Sundance Institute ENOVisionary musician and artist Brian Eno — known for producing David Bowie, U2, Talking Heads, among many others; pioneering the genre of ambient music; and releasing over 40 solo and collaboration albums — reveals his creative processes in this groundbreaking generative documentary: a film that’s different every time it’s shown. Director/Producer: Gary Hustwit Producer:Jessica Edwards Festival Section:New Frontier More Info: Check out the Sundance website for more details, including screening info, by clicking on the film title above ..read more

Courtesy of Sundance Institute BEING (THE DIGITAL GRIOT)In this innovative participatory experience, Being, an artificial intelligence digital griot, asks the audience to engage in unifying and challenging discussions. It features a soundscape and movement informed by a dataset from Black communities, theorists, poets, and activists, including bell hooks, Paulo Freire, Dazié Grego-Sykes, and Cornel West. Lead Artist: Rashaad Newsome Producer:Johnny Symons Festival Section:New Frontier More Info: Check out the Sundance website for more details, including screening info, by clicking on the film ..read more

Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Wolfgang Held WAR GAMEA bipartisan group of US defense, intelligence, and elected policymakers spanning five presidential administrations participate in an unscripted role-play exercise in which they confront a political coup backed by rogue members of the US military, in the wake of a contested presidential election. Director/Producer:Jesse Moss Director:Tony Gerber Producers:Todd Lubin, Jack Turner, Mark DiCristofaro, Jessica Grimshaw, Nick Shumaker Festival Section:Special Screenings More Info:This is the second of two films from Moss in this year’s ..read more

Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Insightfilms THE MOTHER OF ALL LIESOn a handmade set re-creating her Casablanca neighborhood, a young Moroccan filmmaker enlists family and friends to help unearth the troubling lies built into her childhood. Director/Producer:Asmae El Moudir Festival Section:Spotlight More Info:Check out the Sundance website for more details, including screening info, by clicking on the film title above ..read more