Screen brings you the 2009 Sundance documentary line-up.
Art & Copy (US)
Dir: Doug Pray Scr: Timothy J Sexton Prods: Jimmy Greenway, Michael Nadeau
Advertising gurus discuss the wide-reaching effect of advertising and creativity on modern culture.
Sales contact: Cinetic, (1) 212 204 7979
Boy Interrupted (US)
Dir/prod: Dana Perry
A mother’s look at the psychiatric illness and death of her son.
Sales contact: Dana Perry, (1) 212 989 2880
The Cove (US)
Dir: Louie Psihoyos Scr: Mark Monroe Prods: Fisher Stevens, Paula DuPre Pesmen
Activists confront the horrors of dolphin hunting in Japan in a film that also takes a wider look at sea-life environmental issues.
Sales contact, US: William Morris Independent, (1) 310 859 4310, Submarine Entertainment, (1) 917 957 1400; int’l: WMI, (1) 310 859 4310
Crude (US)
Dir: Joe Berlinger Prods: Joe Berlinger, Michael Bonfiglio, JR DeLeon, Richard Stratton
Ecuadoran tribes take on Chevron over the dumping of toxic oil waste in the Amazon.
Sales contact: Joe Berlinger, (1) 914 420 2830
Dirt! The Movie (US)
Dirs: Bill Benenson, Gene Rosow Prods: Bill Benenson, Gene Rosow, Eleonore Dailly
A humorous look at man’s relationship with soil and how humans are taking for granted the earth’s last natural resource.
Sales contact: Gene Rosow, (1) 310 487 6371
El General (Mex-US)
Dir: Natalia Almada Prods: Daniela Alatorre, Natalia Almada
An intimate portrait of the Mexican people.
Sales contact: Louise Rosen Ltd, LrosenLtd@aol.com
Good Hair (US)
Dir: Jeff Stilson Scrs: Chris Rock, Jeff Stilson, Lance Crouther, Chuck Sklar Prods: Chris Rock, Kevin O’Donnell, Jenny Hunter
Chris Rock examines the culture of African-American hair and hairstyles.
Sales contact: ICM, (1) 310 550 4440
The Reckoning (US)
Dir: Pamela Yates Prod: Paco de Onis
International criminal court prosecutor Luis Moreno- Ocampo tries to bring justice to perpetrators of crimes against humanity.
Sales contact, worldwide broadcast rights: Films Transit, (1) 514 844 3358; all other rights: Paco de Onis, (1) 212 947 5333
Reporter (US)
Dir: Eric Daniel Metzgar Prods: Mikaela Beardsley, Steven Cantor
Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Nicholas D Kristof journeys through the Congo in the summer of 2007 to report on the conflict.
Sales contact, worldwide except US broadcast first window: Films Transit, (1) 514 844 3358
The September Issue (US)
Dir: RJ Cutler Prods: RJ Cutler, Eliza Hindmarch, Sadia Shepard
A look at US Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour and her team preparing the September 2007 issue of the fashion magazine.
Sales contact: CAA, (1) 424 288 2000
Sergio (US)
Dir: Greg Barker Prods: John Battsek, Julie Goldman
The role of the United Nations is explored through the extraordinary life and career of Sergio Vieira de Mello, killed by a bomb in Baghdad in 2003.
Sales contact: John Battsek, (1) 646 248 2605; Julie Goldman, (1) 917 744 1355
Shouting Fire: Stories From The Edge Of Free Speech (US)
Dir: Liz Garbus Prods: Liz Garbus, Rory Kennedy, Jed Rothstein
An exploration of free speech in the US.
Sales contact: HBO, (1) 212 512 1000
We Live In Public (US)
Dir: Ondi Timoner Prods: Ondi Timoner, Keirda Bahruth
Web pioneer Josh Harris pushes the envelope with a Big Brother-style art project to broadcast life’s every moment on the internet.
Sales contact: Interloper Films, (1) 626 296 0068
When You’re Strange (US)
Dir/scr: Tom DiCillo Prods: Dick Wolf, Peter Jankowski, John Beug, Jeff Jampol
Documentary about influential band The Doors, using original footage shot between 1966 and 1971.
Sales contact: Submarine, (1) 917 957 1400
William Kunstler: Disturbing The Universe (US)
Dirs: Sarah Kunstler and Emily Kunstler Prods: Jesse Moss, Susan Korda
The daughters of famed civil rights attorney William Kunstler look at his career, representing clients including Martin Luther King Jr and the Chicago Eight.
Sales contact: Submarine, (1) 917 957 1400
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