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2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – Son of Monarchs

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Son of Monarchs, 2021. Written and Directed by Alexis Gambis. Starring Tenoch Huerta Mejía, Alexia Rasmussen, Lázaro Gabino Rodríguez, Noé Hernández, Paulina Gaitán, and William Mapother. SYNOPSIS: A Mexican biologist living in New York returns to his hometown, nestled in the majestic butterfly forests of Michoacán. The journey forces him to confront past traumas and reflect […]

2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – At the Ready

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At the Ready, 2021. Directed by Maisie Crow. SYNOPSIS: A group of seniors train to become police officers and Border Patrol agents at El Paso’s Horizon High School, near the U.S./Mexico border. Documentaries about the American experience often prove especially eye-opening to outsiders, and that’s certainly the case with Maisie Crow’s (Jackson) new film At the […]

2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – President

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President, 2021. Directed by Camilla Nielsson. SYNOPSIS: Zimbabwe is at a crossroads. The leader of the opposition MDC party, Nelson Chamisa, challenges the old guard ZANU-PF led by Emmerson Mnangagwa, known as “The Crocodile.” The election tests both the ruling party and the opposition. A “sequel” to Camilla Nielsson’s 2014 documentary Democrats, President returns viewers to Zimbabwe to […]

2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – Ma Belle, My Beauty

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Ma Belle, My Beauty, 2021. Written and directed by Marion Hill. Starring Idella Johnson, Hannah Pepper, Lucien Guignard, and Sivan Noam Shimon. SYNOPSIS: A surprise reunion in the South of France reignites passions and jealousies between two women who were formerly polyamorous lovers. Polyamory is an oddly circumscribed subject in cinema, largely unexplored even by […]

2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – All Light, Everywhere

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All Light, Everywhere, 2021. Directed by Theo Anthony. SYNOPSIS: A far-ranging look at the biases in how we see things, focusing on the use of police body cameras. Probably the only film in Sundance history to begin with a shot of the director’s own eyeball, All Light, Everywhere is the latest project from acclaimed video essayist Theo […]

2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – Violation

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Violation, 2020. Written and directed by Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli. Starring Madeleine Sims-Fewer, Anna Maguire, Jesse LaVercombe, Obi Abili, Jasmin Geljo, and Cynthia Ashperger. SYNOPSIS: A troubled woman on the edge of divorce returns home to her younger sister after years apart. But when her sister and brother-in-law betray her trust, she embarks on […]

2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – Luzzu

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Luzzu, 2021. Written and directed by Alex Camilleri. Starring Jesmark Scicluna, Michela Farrugia, and David Scicluna. SYNOPSIS: Jesmark, a struggling fisherman on the island of Malta, is forced to turn his back on generations of tradition and risk everything by entering the world of black market fishing to provide for his girlfriend and newborn baby. […]

2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It

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Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It, 2021. Directed by Mariem Pérez Riera. Featuring Rita Moreno. SYNOPSIS: A look at the life and work of Rita Moreno from her humble beginnings in Puerto Rico to her success on Broadway and in Hollywood. Whether you know her from West Side Story, Oz, […]

2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

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Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), 2021. Directed by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson. SYNOPSIS: During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, celebrating African American music and culture, and promoting Black pride and unity. The footage from the festival sat in a basement, unseen for […]

2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – John and the Hole

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John and the Hole, 2021. Directed by Pascual Sisto. Starring Charlie Shotwell, Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Ehle, and Taissa Farmiga. SYNOPSIS: While exploring the neighbouring woods, 13-year-old John discovers an unfinished bunker – a deep hole in the ground. Seemingly without provocation, he drugs his affluent parents and older sister and drags their unconscious bodies into […]