Sundance 2016 Preview: A Documentary Tour

Lo And Behold, Reveries of the Connected World
Werner Herzog's latest is this collection of stories about the internet age.

Docu Premieres

Sonita
Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami's follow-up to Going Up Stairs is this story of an 18-year old rapper in Afghanistan who faces being sold off as a bride.

World Docu

Under the Gun
Fed Up and Tapped director Stephanie Soechtig turns her attention to the issue of gun legislation in the wake of the Sandy Hook shootings.

Docu Premieres

All These Sleepless Nights
Fuck For Forest director Michal Marczak turns from nudist weirdos to Polish young people in this docu that is said to blur the lines between docu and fiction.

World Docu

Audrie & Daisy
Docu directors Bonni Cohen (Rape of Europa) and Jon Shenk (The Island President) team up for this look at "assault in the social media age" through two high school girls' story.

US Docu

NUTS!
Our Nixon director Penny Lane follows up that film with this "mostly true story" of a 1920s goat-testicle impotence cure-toting doctor.

US Docu

The Lovers and the Despot
This one truly belongs in the stranger than fiction category. Robert Cannan and Ross Adam's film tells the story of a celebrity director and actress ex-wife who are kidnapped and force to make movies by Kim Jong-il.

World Docu

Richard Linklater - Dream is Destiny
Louis Black and Karen Bernstein give us a look at the iconic director and Austin film scene he helped define.

Docu Premieres

We Are X
Veteran director Stephen Kijak takes us inside the Japanese 80s glam metal band "X."

World Docu

Life, Animated
Roger Ross Williams's second feature (God Loves Uganda) is this inspirational sounding story of an autistic boy learning to speak through Disney films.

US Docu

Kate Plays Christine
Veteran indie editor Robert Greene takes us behind the scenes with Kate Lyn Sheil as she prepares for the titular role in Christine, a film also playing at the Sundance 2016 fest. Good timing.

US Docu

Tickled
A ticking contest. A journalist. An exposé.

World Docu

Eat That Question - Frank Zappa in His Own Words
Thorsten Schütte takes us inside the weird and wonderful world of avant-garde rocker Frank Zappa.

Docu Premieres

Plaza de la Soledad
Photographer Maya Goded makes her directorial debut with this docu looking at the prostitutes working the streets in Mexico City.

World Docu

Trapped
Gideon's Army director Dawn Porter continues her reporting on abortion with this look at the legal system attacks and protections of the practice.

US Docu

Gleason
Clay Tweel of Make Believe, Print the Legend, and Finders Keepers fame, turns his cameras on Steve Gleason, a former NFL back now living with ALS.

US Docu

Hooligan Sparrow
Wang Nanfu's directorial feature debut is a story of a female activist in China dangerously speaking out about sexual assault in schools.

World Docu

Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
Spike Lee continues his King of Pop series (Bad 25) with this look at the very early days of Michael Jackson.

Docu Premieres