The following past Sundance Film Festival documentaries are scheduled for release this month:
>November 3:
In Theatres
GOING TO MARS: THE NIKKI GIOVANNI PROJECT
Sundance 2023
Director:
Joe Brewster, Michèle Stephenson
About:
Intimate vérité, archival footage, and visually innovative treatments of poetry take us on a journey through the dreamscape of legendary poet Nikki Giovanni as she reflects on her life and legacy.
>November 3
In Theatres
TWICE COLONIZED
Sundance 2023
Director:
Lin Alluna
About:
Renowned Inuit lawyer Aaju Peter has long fought for the rights of her people. When her son suddenly dies, Aaju embarks on a journey to reclaim her language and culture after a lifetime of whitewashing and forced assimilation. But can she both change the world and mend her own wounds?
>November 7
On DVD
MURDER IN BIG HORN
Sundance 2023
Director:
Razelle Benally, Matthew Galkin
About:
The deaths of a group of Native American women in rural Montana are the focus as Native families, journalists, and local law enforcement reveal a violent crisis set in motion almost 200 years ago.
>November 10
In Theatres
A STILL SMALL VOICE
Sundance 2023
Director:
Luke Lorentzen
About:
An aspiring hospital chaplain begins a yearlong residency in spiritual care, only to discover that to successfully tend to her patients, she must look deep within herself.
>November 14
On VOD
PLAN C
Sundance 2023
Director:
Tracy Droz Tragos
About:
A hidden grassroots organization doggedly fights to expand access to abortion pills across the United States keeping hope alive during a global pandemic and the fall of Roe v Wade.
>November 17
In Theatres
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF SHERE HITE
Sundance 2023
Director:
Nicole Newnham
About:
Shere Hite’s 1976 bestselling book, The Hite Report, liberated the female orgasm by revealing the most private experiences of thousands of anonymous survey respondents. Her findings rocked the American establishment and presaged current conversations about gender, sexuality, and bodily autonomy. So how did Shere Hite disappear?
>November 24
In Theatres
SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD
Sundance 2023
Director:
Anna Hints
About:
In the darkness of a smoke sauna, women share their innermost secrets and intimate experiences, washing off the shame trapped in their bodies and regaining their strength through a sense of communion.
>November 24
In Theatres
AGAINST THE TIDE
Sundance 2023
Director:
Sarvnik Kaur
About:
Two friends, both Indigenous fishermen, are driven to desperation by a dying sea. Their friendship begins to fracture as they take very different paths to provide for their struggling families.
>November 28
On DVD
20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL
Sundance 2023
Director:
Mstyslav Chernov
About:
As the Russian invasion begins, a team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol struggle to continue their work documenting the war’s atrocities.
