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Sundance: TikTok, Boom Review

KimberlyFebruary 10, 2022June 14, 2022

by Kimberly

TikTok a social media app run by Beijing-based ByteDance is a fast-growing app stating it has a billion users posting short videos each month. TikTok Boom Shalini Kantayya’s documentary about the “booming” social media app...

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Sundance 2022: Thandiwe Newton Shines in ‘God’s Country’

JenFebruary 9, 2022June 14, 2022

by Jen

God’s Country recently premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, a thriller starring Thandiwe Newton (Crash, Westworld). Directed by Julian Higgins (Thief, House M.D.), written by Higgins and Shaye Ogbonna (Lowlife). Sandra (Thandiwe Newton) is very...

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Sundance 2022: ‘Nanny’ is a Strong Debut from Nikyatu Jusu

JenFebruary 9, 2022June 14, 2022

by Jen

Nanny won the US Grand Jury Prize Dramatic at the Sundance Film Festival 2022. Written and directed by Nikyatu Jusu (Suicide by Sunlight), it is her first feature film. Aisha, a Senegalese immigrant, gets a...

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Aftershock: Documentary Review Sundance

KimberlyFebruary 9, 2022June 14, 2022

by Kimberly

In 2018 the commonwealth fund found that the US had the highest amount of maternal deaths compared to 10 other high wealth countries including Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and several European countries. This is the...

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Sundance Fundance on The Spaceship

DezbotFebruary 8, 2022June 14, 2022

by Dezbot

By Désirée I. Guzzetta Originally planned as a hybrid online/in-person event, Sundance 2022 wound up pivoting to online only, with only the satellite screenings in other cities doing in-person events, because of a spike in...

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Sundance 2022: ‘Palm Trees and Power Lines’ is a Tough Watch but an Excellent Film

JenFebruary 8, 2022June 14, 2022

by Jen

Director and co-writer Jamie Dack (Horizon Diner) won the US Dramatic Directing Award at the recent Sundance Film Festival for Palm Trees and Power Lines, a well-deserved award. Palm Trees and Power Lines sees a...

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Sundance 2022: ‘Am I OK?’ is Just OK

JenFebruary 8, 2022June 14, 2022

by Jen

Tig Notaro and Stephanie Allynne’s directorial feature debut Am I OK? premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Lucy (Dakota Johnson) and Jane (Sonoya Mizuno) are the best of friends, they pretty much know everything...

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Sundance 2022: Aubrey Plaza Thrills as ‘Emily the Criminal’

JenFebruary 7, 2022June 14, 2022

by Jen

Writer-director John Patton Ford makes his feature film debut with Emily the Criminal, which premiered at the recent Sundance Film Festival 2022. The film sees Emily (Aubrey Plaza) struggling with student debt and failing to...

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Sundance 2022: ‘Cha Cha Real Smooth’ Proves to be a Crowd-pleaser

JenFebruary 2, 2022June 14, 2022

by Jen

From writer-director and lead actor Cooper Raiff (SHITHOUSE) comes Cha Cha Real Smooth, the story of a New Jersey party starter working the bar mitzvah circuit after college who meets his match in a suburban...

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Descendant Sundance Review

KimberlyJanuary 29, 2022June 14, 2022

by Kimberly

Margaret Brown's documentary Descendant centers around the Alabama town Africatown and the individuals believed to be the "descendants" of the last slave ship to reach America shores in 1860....

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