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2022 Sundance Film Festival
The 2022 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 20 to 30, 2022. Due to COVID-19 pandemic protocol, it was initially intended to be an in-person/virtual hybrid festival, but on January 5, 2022, it was announced that the in-person components would be scrapped in favor of a wholly virtual festival due to the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant. The first lineup of competition films was announced on December 9, 2021. Films U.S. Dramatic Competition *''Alice'', written and directed by Krystin Ver Linden *''blood'', directed by Bradley Rust Gray *'' Breaking'' (premiered as ''892''), directed and co-written by Abi Damaris Corbin *'' Cha Cha Real Smooth'', written, produced and directed by Cooper Raiff *''Dual'', written, produced and directed by Riley Stearns *'' Emergency'', directed by Carey Williams *'' Master'', written and directed by Mariama Diallo *'' Nanny'', written and directed by Nikyatu Jusu *'' Palm Trees and Power Lines'', directed and co-written by Jamie Dack *' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sundance Institute
Sundance Institute is a non-profit organization founded by Robert Redford committed to the growth of independent artists. The institute is driven by its programs that discover and support independent filmmakers, theatre artists and composers from all over the world. At the core of the programs is the goal to introduce audiences to the artists' new work, aided by the institute's labs, granting and mentorship programs that take place throughout the year in the United States and internationally. The institute has offices in Park City, Los Angeles, and New York City, and provides creative and financial support to emerging and aspiring filmmakers, directors, producers, film composers, screenwriters, playwrights and theatre artists through a series of Labs and fellowships. The programs of Sundance Institute include the Sundance Film Festival, which is critically acclaimed. It promotes independent filmmakers, storytellers, and composers. The Sundance Institute's founding staff, asse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Master (2022 Film)
''Master'' is a 2022 American psychological horror thriller film written and directed by Mariama Diallo in her directorial debut. The film stars Regina Hall, Zoe Renee, and Amber Gray. ''Master'' had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2022, and was released in the United States via Prime Video on March 18, 2022. Plot Gail Bishop becomes the newly-appointed and first Black master of Ancaster, an elite university in New England. The students at the school believe it is cursed by the ghost of Margaret Millett, who was accused of witchcraft and hanged nearby. Jasmine Moore moves in as a freshman, and is assigned to room 302 along with her white roommate Amelia. Their room was once occupied in 1965 by Louisa Weeks, Ancaster's first Black undergraduate, who committed suicide by hanging in her dorm. Jasmine initially makes friends with Amelia's rich white friends, although they ask her to clean up spilled drinks and don't pay her back for a pizza she orders ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tia Lessin
Tia Lessin is an American documentary filmmaker. Lessin has produced and directed documentaries and earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary and the Sundance Grand Jury Prize for Documentary. She co-directed the film ''The Janes'' which had its premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival and is the director (film), director and producer (film), producer, with Carl Deal, of ''Trouble the Water'' and ''Citizen Koch''. She directed ''Behind the Labels'' and produced several of Michael Moore's films including ''Fahrenheit 9/11'', ''Where to Invade Next'' and ''Fahrenheit 11/9''. Career Tia Lessin is producer and director, together with Carl Deal, of the Academy Award-nominated feature documentary ''Trouble the Water'', winner of the Gotham Independent Film Award and the Sundance Film Festival’s Grand Jury Prize for best documentary. Lessin was a co-producer of Michael Moore's ''Where to Invade Next'', ''Capitalism: A Love Story'', ''Fahrenheit 9/11'', winner of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Janes
''The Janes'' is a 2022 American documentary film. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2022, and was released on HBO Max on June 8, the month after a leaked draft opinion for ''Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization'' was released, starting protests across the United States. The film was directed by Emma Pildes and Tia Lessin. Summary ''The Janes'' tells the story of members of the Jane Collective, a group of women who performed approximately 11,000 abortions in Chicago between 1968 and '' Roe v. Wade'', the landmark Supreme Court A supreme court is the highest court within the hierarchy of courts in most legal jurisdictions. Other descriptions for such courts include court of last resort, apex court, and high (or final) court of appeal. Broadly speaking, the decisions of ... decision legalizing abortion in 1973. The film features interviews from several members of the collective. Reception On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Didn't See You There
''I Didn't See You There'' is a 2022 American documentary film directed by Reid Davenport, produced by Keith Wilson, and edited by Todd Chandler. It is shot entirely from Davenport's physical perspective, largely from an electric wheelchair, as he navigates downtown Oakland, California, and his hometown of Bethel, Connecticut. ''I Didn't See You There'' had its world premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. Synopsis The unexpected arrival of a circus tent outside Reid's apartment in Oakland, CA leads him to consider the history and legacy of P.T. Barnum’s Freak Show and its lingering presence in his daily life in the form of gawking, lack of access, and other forms of ableism. The film expands on the tradition of point-of-view cinema by incorporating a disabled aesthetic generated through Davenport's own embodiment. Accessibility The film played only in theaters that were wheelchair accessible, and where it could be screened with open or closed captions. The film's de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fire Of Love (2022 Film)
''Fire of Love'' is a 2022 American-Canadian documentary film, directed, written, and produced by Sara Dosa. It follows the lives and careers of volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft. It had its world premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2022 where it won the Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award. It was released on July 6, 2022, by National Geographic Documentary Films and Neon. It received acclaim from critics and was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 95th Academy Awards. Synopsis The film follows the lives and careers of daring French volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft, who ultimately die in the 1991 Mount Unzen eruption, via archival footage. Production In March 2021, it was announced Sara Dosa would direct a documentary film revolving around Katia and Maurice Krafft. In January 2022, it was announced Miranda July would serve as the narrator. Release The film had its world premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2022 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Brown (film Director)
Margaret Brown is an American film director. Early life and education Brown was born and raised in Mobile, Alabama. A Murphy High School alumna, she earned her BA from Brown University with concentrations in Creative Writing and Modern Culture and Media, and her MFA in Film from New York University. Career Brown served as cinematographer for ''99 Threadwaxing'' in 1999 and director for ''Ice Fishing'' in 2000. Her full-length debut was '' Be Here To Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt'' (2004) which chronicles the turbulent life of American singer-songwriter Townes Van Zandt. ''Time Out'' magazine listed it at number 7 on its "50 Greatest Music Films Ever". She subsequently directed the feature documentary ''The Order of Myths'' a 2008 Sundance Film Festival selection about the segregated Mardi Gras celebration of Mobile, Alabama. The film was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. It won many awards including a Peabody Award, a Cinematic Vision Award at the Silverdocs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Descendant (2022 Film)
''Descendant'' is a 2022 American historical documentary film directed by Margaret Brown, chronicling the story behind Africatown in Alabama, and the descendants of the last known enslaved Africans brought to the United States aboard the '' Clotilda''. The film premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, where it was picked up for wider distribution by Higher Ground Productions and Netflix. It received a theatrical release on October 21, 2022 and was available to stream on Netflix that day as well. Synopsis The wreckage of the '' Clotilda'' was found in 2019 in the Mobile River of Alabama, and the film explores the community of Africatown and the descendants of some of the last known enslaved Africans that were brought to the United States aboard her 40 years after slavery had already been deemed a capital offense. Production and release After the wreckage of the ''Clotilda'' was discovered, director Margaret Brown spent four years with the residents of Africatown examining ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tonya Lewis Lee
Tonya Linnette Lewis Lee (née Lewis; March 30, 1966) is an American film and television producer, author, entrepreneur, and advocate for women and infant health. Since founding her production company, Madstone Company Inc., in 1998, she has been involved in media for children, through her work with Nickelodeon and her authorship of children's books. Life Lewis Lee was born in Yonkers, New York, to Lillian Charlotte (née Glenn) and George Ralph Lewis. Her father was a Philip Morris corporate executive. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College with a BA and the University of Virginia School of Law with a JD. After practicing law at Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle LLP in Washington, D.C. for nearly two years, she returned to New York and married Spike Lee in 1993. They have two children. Career Film and television Lewis Lee has been producing content for television and film for nearly 20 years. She began her career producing interstitial programming for Nickelodeon. Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aftershock (2022 Film)
''Aftershock'' is a 2022 American documentary film directed and produced by Paula Eiselt and Tonya Lewis Lee. It follows Omari Maynard and Bruce McIntyre, whose partners died due to childbirth complications, which were preventable, as they fight for justice. The film premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2022. It was released on July 19, 2022, by ABC News Studios, Onyx Collective, and Hulu. It received critical acclaim. Plot Shamony Gibson and Amber Rose Isaac both died during childbirth from complications that were preventable. Their partners, Omari Maynard and Bruce McIntyre, come together with other fathers to fight for justice and build communities of support. Release ''Aftershock'' had its world premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2022. ABC News, Onyx Collective, and Hulu shortly after acquired distribution rights to the film. It also screened at South by Southwest on March 13, 2022. Reception Critical response On the revi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chloe Okuno
Chloe Alexandra Okuno (born August 1, 1987) is an American horror film director. She co-directed ''V/H/S/94'' (2021)''.'' Her feature film directorial debut, '' Watcher'', premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival in the U.S Dramatic Competition. Okuno has also directed several short films, including ''Slut'' (2014). ''Slut'' won several awards, including the Jury Prize for Best Short Film at the Las Vegas International Film Festival. Life and career Okuno was born in Los Angeles and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley before graduating from the American Film Institute in 2014. In 2021, Netflix purchased ''Rodney & Sheryl'', a drama directed by Okuno and based on a true story. However, in April 2022, it was revealed Netflix was no longer involved with the film, now renamed ''The Dating Game'', which has been financed by AGC Studios and Vertigo Entertainment and is currently being sold to international distributors at the Marché du Film by AGC. Her feature dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watcher (film)
''Watcher'' is a 2022 psychological thriller film written and directed by Chloe Okuno in her feature directorial debut, based on an original screenplay by Zack Ford. The film stars Maika Monroe, Karl Glusman, and Burn Gorman. ''Watcher'' had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2022, where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize. The film was theatrically released in the United States on June 3, 2022, to critical acclaim, with particular praise for Monroe's performance and Okuno's direction. Plot American couple Julia and Francis relocate to Bucharest, moving into an apartment building with a large picture window. Julia notices a man looming in a window from the building across the street. While Francis works long hours, Julia grows unnerved by the man in the window, who watches her on a daily basis. Julia's fear heightens when she learns of a serial killer, dubbed "the Spider" by local media, who is decapitating young women. While walking th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |