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Welcome to Day Twelve and our final episode of our Sundance/Slamdance Film Festival coverage! Joined again by our Park City cohort & honorary bitch John Wildman of Films Gone Wild, we're capping it off with one very unique project from each festival.

The Slamdance episodic series Who's Annie is a dark comedy about a New Yorker in her 50's who is starting an acting career after surviving addiction, incarceration, and abuse. Director Sophia Peer and subject Annie Pisapia join us for a fun conversation about how this show was inspired by their real life meeting at a Burger King in Queens, how they both brought new hope and inspiration into each other's life, and Annie's ability to be upbeat and positive despite what life has handed her.

Fantastic Machine (winner, Sundance Special Jury Award; Creative Vision) is a documentary that uses an in depth array of archival footage to dissect the evolution and impact (both good and bad) of photographic images and technology, and how it reflects on our own self image and how we relate to each other as a human race. Pretty simple, right?!? I honestly don't even fully understand what I just wrote, but rest assured, this documentary is sooo good! Directors Axel Danielson and Maximilien Van Aertryck explain how they took turns doing research for archival footage (and the interesting YouTube rabbit holes they found themselves in), how the impact of technology really depends on the user, and how our history reflects where we are today.

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Welcome to Day Eleven of our Sundance/Slamdance Film Festival coverage! Joined again by our Park City cohort & honorary bitch John Wildman of Films Gone Wild, this time we're highlighting three powerful Sundance short films that center around the family.

In AirHostess-737, an air hostess struggles with the discomfort of her braces while working a flight that is also bringing her mother's dead body back to her hometown. Director Thanasis Neofotistos explains how grief is explored in his film, the process of finding an actress with braces, and how the idea for this story came to him in a dream.

The Family Circus tells the story of a Vietnamese-American family that is trying to cover up a drunk driving accident. Director Andrew Fitzgerald and talent Elyse Dinh share how this film is based on actual events in Andrew's life, what it was like to work with the great Michael Ironside, and how emotional it was for Elyse to receive praise from Andrew's mother.

When You Left Me On That Boulevard follows Ly and her cousins who get stoned before a Thanksgiving dinner at her aunt's house. Director and return guest Kayla Galang (who we interviewed for her short film Learning Tagalog With Kayla) and talent Kailyn Dulay get emotional when recounting similar family dinners, explain which details of a Filipino family party they had to include, and share how this short film is dedicated to Kailyn's aunt who recently passed away.

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Welcome to day 10 of our Sundance/Slamdance Film Festival coverage! Joined again by our Park City cohort & honorary bitch John Wildman of Films Gone Wild, we're highlighting a Slamdance documentary and short film both made by directors from the Bay!

Sign The Show is a documentary that gives insight into Deaf Culture, and the difficulties they face in regards to access to  entertainment. Director Cat Brewer and one of the film's subjects/EP Matt Maxey join us to talk about the organic way this film came to be, how they got huge performers like Andre 3000 and Kelly Clarkson to participate, and the fine art of being an interpreter.

Tooth is a short film about a fed up tooth that wages a war against its oppressor. Director Jillian Corsie shares how her own baby teeth were the catalyst for this story, the common thread this project has with the rest of her work, and how she hopes that this film will bring both horror and laughter to whoever watches.

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Welcome to day 9 of our Sundance/Slamdance Film Festival coverage! Joined again by our Park City cohort & honorary bitch John Wildman of Films Gone Wild, we're highlighting a Sundance film and series that focus on Indigenous issues. 

Twice Colonized is a documentary that tells the story of Aaju Peter, a Greenlandic Inuit lawyer and activist who is working to bring her colonizers in both Canada and Denmark to justice, and defend the human rights of Indigenous peoples of the Arctic.  We had the pleasure of sitting down with Aaju Peter and director Lin Alluna, to discuss the difficulty of following Aaju through some of the toughest moments in anyone's life, the importance of bringing some light and fun into the film, and what it means to be Twice Colonized.

The episodic docu-series Murder in Big Horn gives a thorough examination of the tribal members and communities in Big Horn, Montana who are fighting an epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous women (MMIW) that has been reoccurring since colonization. Directors Razelle Benally and Matthew Galkin discuss how these social issues can be traced all the way back from the roots of being placed on the reservation, the frustration and anger that comes with not receiving sufficient help from the police, and how the community is left to pick up the pieces. You can watch Murder in Big Horn now on Showtime. 

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Welcome to day 8 of our Sundance/Slamdance Film Festival coverage! Along with our Park City Co-Host John Wildman of Films Gone Wild, we are sharing two award winning Slamdance documentaries that follow people with very complicated lives.

In Silent Love (winner of the Slamdance Grand Jury Honorable Mention for Documentary Feature Film), we follow Aga who, after the death of her mother, is raising her younger brother while keeping her relationship with a woman a secret in a small homophobic town in Poland. Director Marek Kozakiewicz discusses how he gained the trust of the women to tell their story, and how the film has helped to give them the confidence to be more open with their relationship.

In Starring Jerry as Himself (winner of the Slamdance Grand Jury Documentary Feature Film Award, Audience Award for Documentary Feature Film, and Acting Award), the genre lines become blurred between one part crime thriller, and one part documentary. Retiree and Chinese immigrant, Jerry Hsu, is joined by his family in retelling the story of how he was recruited by the Chinese police to be an undercover agent. We were joined by director Law Chen, Jerry, and his son/producer Jonathan Hsu, to discuss why they decided they needed to tell this story, how their family has grown closer throughout this process, and the complicated nature of filming real people playing themselves.

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Welcome to Day Seven of our Sundance/Slamdance Film Festival coverage! Per the usual with Honorary Bitch John Wildman of Films Gone Wild, we're highlighting three Sundance documentary films that focus on strong women who changed the game.

In
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields, we get an inside look on how her rise to fame at a young age caused her to be sexualized as a child, and the repercussions (both good and bad) that this had on her career on her personal life. We sat down with returning guest, director Lana Wilson (who we interviewed in 2020 for her Taylor Swift documentary,
Miss Americana), to discuss what it was like to tell the story of an American icon, and how the most important part of her film is about the relationship between a mother and her daughter.

The Disappearance of Shere Hite tells the story of a woman who
should
be widely known and talked about, but sadly, as the title suggests, her life story has disappeared from our country just as she did. Shere Hite was the author of The Hite Report, published in 1976, and was a nationwide study on female sexuality based on thousands of questionnaires that she received from women across the country. The book is a blueprint of what women really think about sex, and the importance of clitoral stimulation. Director and returning guest Nicole Newnham (who we interviewed in 2020 for her film
Crip Camp), shares our frustration in the men who were threatened by Shere's work, and explains why it was important to share both the strength it took for Shere to do this revolutionary work, and her weaknesses that caused her to eventually leave the country.

Going To Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project highlights the life and legacy of legendary poet Nikki Giovanni. Directors Michele Stephenson and Joe Brewster sit down with us to talk about Nikki's unique outlook on life, how this film deals with tough topics at times and will also have you laughing out loud, and why it is so frightening to interview her. Congratulations to Michele and Joe for winning the Sundance U.S. Non-Fiction jury award for capturing Nikki's past, present, and future. 

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Welcome to day 6 of our Sundance/Slamdance Film Festival coverage! Joined per the usual with our Park City Co-Host, John Wildman of Films Gone Wild, we highlight two Slamdance documentaries that are centered around artists: The Mad Writer, and With Peter Bradley.

The Mad Writer follows hip-hop phenom and music producer L'Orange as he deals with his clinical depression, in addition to finding mysterious tumors in his ear canals that threaten his future in music. We sat down with director Zach Kashkett, producer Jon Webb, cinematographer Trevor Metscher, and subject L'Orange (aka Austin Hart), as they described what it was like to work together as longtime friends, the difficulties of filming a self-proclaimed recluse, and how important it was for L'Orange to share his struggles with mental illness.

In With Peter Bradley, we're introduced into the world of Peter Bradley, a 79-year-old Black abstract artist who hasn't had his own show in an art gallery since 1972. Director Alex Rappoport shares how he was able to record Peter Bradley (his neighbor) during the quarantine, and his decision to keep him as the only person on the screen (other than Peter's cat). And then legendary composer Javon Jackson, explains how he was able to take Peter Bradley's life and art and transform it into a collection of beautiful music.

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Welcome to day 5 of our Sundance/Slamdance Film Festival coverage! Along with our Park City co-host, John Wildman of Films Gone Wild, we're highlighting two Sundance documentaries that deal with current issues around the world and here in the US- Food and Country, and 20 Days in Mariupol.

Food and Country follows trailblazing food writer Ruth Reichl during her journey to connect with small farmers, ranchers, and chefs, as they try to survive not only during the pandemic, but through the systemic challenges they face in the food industry. We were happily reunited with return guest, director Laura Gabbert (our first interview was for her 2015 film City of Gold), and she explains how she met Ruth Reichl, and how a film about restaurants surviving during the pandemic became  an expansive history of the food industry, and the struggle behind the food we eat.

20 Days in Mariupol (winner of the Sundance World Cinema Documentary Competition Audience Award) is a film that everyone in the world needs to see. As the Russian invasion of Ukraine was all but imminent, a team of Ukrainian journalists enter the port city of Mariupol and the film captures those first 20 days of bombing, assault, and attempts at fleeing from the locals. Ukrainian AP journalist and director Mstyslav Chernov shares how he copes with the dangerous nature of his work, and his hope that this film will not only help people understand what it means to be at war, but also push people to demand that Ukraine gets the help that they deserve.

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Welcome to day four of our Sundance/Slamdance Film Festival coverage! Today we're getting to know two Slamdance documentaries that tell the story of overlooked or abandoned American towns- Cisco Kid and Motel Drive. Joined as always by our Park City co-host and honorary bitch, John Wildman of FilmsGoneWild.com. 

In Cisco Kid, we meet Eileen, who is living alone among the remnants of a deserted ghost town in Cisco, Utah. Director Emily Kaye Allen shares how she met and gained the trust of Eileen, and how making this film helped her spend more time in nature and see the beauty in being away from mainstream society.

Motel Drive is a documentary about an infamous strip of motels in Fresno, California, and a family struggling to survive among its rapid decline. Director Brendan Geraghty  explains why he decided to make this film, the struggles of an indie filmmaker budget,  how his main subjects have become a part of his family and and composer Zach Wright chats with us about finding the right sound to help move this documentary along. 

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Welcome to day three of our Sundance/Slamdance Film Festival coverage! Today we're bringing you two Sundance documentaries dealing with women's issues that we knew we had to cover, Plan C, and Smoke Sauna Sisterhood. 

Plan C follows Francine Coeytaux and her team of providers as they find ways to distribute abortion pills across the country during the pandemic, as well as after the fall of Roe V. Wade. Director Tracy Droz Tragos shares how she met Francine and gained her trust, and how documenting this story has turned her fear into hope. Not only is this a great film, but it is a call to action! For more information, click here

In Smoke Sauna Sisterhood (winner of the Sundance Directing Award, World Cinema Documentary), we are invited into the intimate and sacred ritual of the smoke sauna in southern Estonia, where women share their deepest and innermost thoughts and secrets. Director Anna Hints and producer Marianne Ostrat joined us to share how they were able to convey the overall beauty and strength of women through both their shooting style and trust they gained with their subjects. We may or may not have cried both during this interview, and while watching the film.

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