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CIFF Dispatch #1: Departing Seniors, Nyad, & Silver Dollar Road

Raoul Peck’s gripping documentary is the sole standout in this handful of festival offerings. This piece was written during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Without the labor of the actors currently on strike, the work being covered here wouldn’t exist. Following in the wake of Halloween Kills (2021) and Sick, Departing Seniors, the debut feature from ... CIFF Dispatch #1: Departing Seniors, Nyad, & Silver Dollar Road

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Sundance 2023: Little Richard: I Am Everything, Squaring the Circle, The Disappearance of Shere Hite

Three of the festival’s docs explore critical figures in art and academia—to varying results. These days, celebrity-based documentaries, especially the ones that eventually find a place in the Sundance lineup, tend to fall into one of two categories—they either serve as cinematic victory laps for proven successes, or they work as reclamation projects serving to ... Sundance 2023: Little Richard: I Am Everything, Squaring the Circle, The Disappearance of Shere Hite