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Art & Copy (Art And Copy) (Country: US; Director: Doug Pray; Writer: Timothy J Sexton)
Rare interviews with the most influential advertising creative minds of our age illustrate the wide-reaching effect advertising and creativity have on modern culture.
World Premiere. Official Site
Boy Interrupted (Country: US; Director: Dana Heinz Perry)
An intimate look at the life, mental illness and death of a young man told from the point of view of the filmmaker - his mother.
World Premiere. Official Site
The Cove (Country: US; Director: Louie Psihoyos; Writer: Mark Monroe; Cast: Ric O'Barry)
Dolphins are dying, whales are disappearing and the oceans are growing sick. The horrors of a secret cove nestled off a small, coastal village in Japan are revealed by a group of activists led by Ric O’Barry, the man behind Flipper.
World Premiere. Full Review See: Sundance Diary: Day Eight Official Site,
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Crude (Country: US; Director: Joe Berlinger)
The inside story of the “Amazon Chernobyl” case in the rainforest of Ecuador, the largest oil-related environmental lawsuit in the world.
World Premiere. Full Review See: Sundance Day Four Official Site
Dirt! The Movie (Country: US; Director: Bill Benenson, Eleonore Dailly, Gene Rosow; Cast: Janine Benyus, Jeremy Narby, Sebastião Salgado, Marisha Farnsworth, Kevin Rowell, Lottie Manuel, Edward Pagan, Pabo Rolan)
The story of the relationship between humans and dirt, humorously detailing how humans are rapidly destroying the last natural resource on earth. World Premiere.
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El General (Country: US; Director: Natalia Almada)
Natalia Almada, the great-granddaughter of Mexican President Plutarco Elias Calles - one of Mexico’s most controversial revolutionary figures - paints an intimate portrait of Mexico.
World Premiere. Official Site
Good Hair (Country: US; Director: Jeff Stilson; Cast: Chris Rock)
Comedian Chris Rock sets out to examine the culture of African-American hair and hairstyles. World Premiere.
Over The Hills And Far Away (Country: US; Director: Michel Orion Scott)
The journey of the Isaacson family as they travel through Mongolia in search of a mysterious shaman they believe can heal their autistic son.
World Premiere. View Trailer
Reporter (Country: US; Director: Eric Daniel Metzgar; Cast: Nicholas D Kristof)
Set in Africa, this documentary chronicles, in verité fashion, the haunting, physically grueling and shocking voyage of Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist, Nicholas D Kristof. World Premiere.
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The September Issue (Country: US; Director: RJ Cutler)
With unprecedented access, director RJ Cutler and his crew shot for nine months as they captured Vogue editor in chief Anna Wintour and her team preparing the 2007 Vogue September issue, widely accepted as the "fashion bible" for the year's trends.
World Premiere. Full Review Official Site,
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Sergio (Country: US; Director: Greg Barker)
Documentary examining the role of the United Nations and the international community through the life and experiences of Sergio Vieira de Mello, the UN's High Commissioner for Human Rights, including interviews with those who knew and worked with him over the course of his extraordinary career. World Premiere.
Shouting Fire: Stories From The Edge Of Free Speech (Country: US; Director: Liz Garbus)
An exploration of the history and current state of free speech in America narrated by the filmmaker's father, First Amendment attorney Martin Garbus. World Premiere.
We Live In Public (Country: US; Director: Ondi Timoner; Cast: Josh Harris)
The story of the internet’s revolutionary impact on human interaction as told through the eyes of maverick web pioneer, Josh Harris and his transgressive art project that shocked New York.
World Premiere. Official Site
William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe (Country: US; Director: Emily Kunstler, Sarah Kunstler)
With clients including Martin Luther King Jr, Malcolm X, and the Chicago 10, the late civil rights attorney William Kunstler was one of the most famous lawyers of the 20th century. Filmmakers Emily and Sarah Kunstler explore their father’s life from movement hero to “the most hated lawyer in America”.
World Premiere. See: Sundance Diary: Day Two Official Site
