Five DFP Projects To Screen At The Festival
The clock is ticking down to the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, and the Documentary Film Program is excited to announce that five supported films will screen.
El General (Director: Natalia Almada)
U.S. Documentary Competition
As great-granddaughter of Mexican President Plutarco Elias Calles, one of Mexico’s most controversial revolutionary figures, filmmaker Natalia Almada paints an intimate portrait of Mexico.
Kimjongilia (Director: N.C. Heikin)
World Cinema Documentary Competition
Defectors from North Korea finally speak out about the terrifying reality of their lives–and escapes.
The Reckoning (Director: Pamela Yates)
U.S. Documentary Competition
A battle of monumental proportions unfolds as International Criminal Court Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo faces down warlords, genocidal dictators and world superpowers in bringing perpetrators of crimes against humanity to justice.
Reporter (Director: Eric Daniel Metzgar)
U.S. Documentary Competition
Set in Africa, this documentary chronicles, in verité fashion, the haunting, physically grueling and shocking voyage of Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Nicholas D. Kristof.
Tibet in Song (Director: Ngawang Choephel)
World Cinema Documentary Competition
Through the story of Tibetan music, this film depicts the determined efforts of Tibetan people, both in Tibet and in exile, to preserve their unique cultural identity. Choephel served six years of an 18-year prison sentence for filming in Tibet.