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Sundance: Daisy Ridley Impresses in ‘Sometimes I Think About Dying’

JenFebruary 2, 2023February 2, 2023

by Jen

The movie Sometimes I Think About Dying made it’s debut in the US Dramatic Competition at the Sundance Film Festival last week. The film stars Daisy Ridley (Star Wars, Murder on the Orient Express) in...

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Gondwana The VR Experience

DezbotMarch 11, 2022June 14, 2022

by Dezbot

“Gondwana” is a virtual reality art experience that debuted at Sundance in January 2022, and is going live again at SXSW on March 12, 2022. Inside the 3D VR experience, which runs for 24 hours,...

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Sundance Review: We Met in Virtual Reality

KimberlyFebruary 10, 2022June 14, 2022

by Kimberly

Joe Hunting’s documentary We Met in Virtual Reality has found the perfect time to be relevant. VRchat which was originally released in 2014 via Microsoft Windows application is not only the subject but the platform...

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Sundance 2022: ‘The Janes’ is an Important Documentary

JenFebruary 10, 2022June 14, 2022

by Jen

The Janes is a feature documentary about the Jane Collective, a group of women in Chicago in the late 1960s who helped women get illegal abortions. Abortion was illegal in the 1960s, which didn’t stop...

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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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