Sundance Institute Popular Movie

In 2019, millions of Chileans rose up in a popular revolt that resulted in radical change: the call for an assembly that will change the constitution...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Mariana San Martín

Miriam is an unemployed journalist who has a beat on a story that could turn her bad luck around. Her dad is an evangelical who believes the fossil...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Rosie Benton

Based on the writer/director's childhood, FARMING tells the story of a young Nigerian boy, 'farmed out' by his parents to a white British family in...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Damson Idris

The remarkable story of Naila Ayesh, who played a key role in the Palestinian uprising known as the First Intifada (1987).

Genre: Documentary

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Reeling from their daughter's loss, Nicole and Sebastian come into possession of a secluded Venezuelan farm, unaware of the dark forces they're about...

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Juan Pablo Raba

When one’s sole focus is to provide for their children, the stakes are extremely high. The need for multiple jobs to make ends meet has become...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Deloris 'Nunu' Hogan

When a daughter becomes concerned about her mother's well-being in a retirement home, private investigator Romulo hires Sergio, an 83-year-old man...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Sergio Chamy

Under the neon lights in a gay-friendly neighborhood of New York City, four young African-American lesbians are violently and sexually threatened by...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: T.J. Hill

Short film made with the help of the Sundance Film Institute and serving as a proof-of-concept for the subsequent feature film.

Genre: Crime

Cast: David Jensen

As a wave of anti-boycott legislation has swept through the country, so has a counter-wave in defense of freedom of speech. Everyday Americans are...

Genre: Documentary

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A college reunion turns into a tangled web of passion, romance and intrigue as old friends and enemies catch up with each other's lives. Includes a...

Genre: TV Movie

Cast: Jim Belushi

Through the figure of Lakota activist and community organizer Madonna Thunder Hawk, this inspiring film traces the untold story of countless Native...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Madonna Thunderhawk

Two biologists set out on an undertaking as colossal as their subjects—deciphering the complex communication of whales. Dr. Michelle Fournet...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Ellen Garland

A rousing portrait of feminist writer Andrea Dworkin, one of the most controversial and misunderstood figures of the 20th century, who fought...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Andrea Dworkin

Direct cinema pioneer Frederick Wiseman takes an in-depth look at the preeminent American university during a fall semester that saw a vigorous...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Anahid Modrek

Exploring the fallout of MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini's startling discovery that facial recognition does not see dark-skinned faces...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Joy Buolamwini

About the extraordinary doctors and activists—including Paul Farmer, Jim Yong Kim, and Ophelia Dahl—whose work 30 years ago to save lives...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Paul Farmer

Eight Rwandan children leave their families behind to embark on a life-or-death journey seeking high-risk heart surgery in Sudan. Their hearts...

Genre: Documentary

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When 17-year-old Lennon Lacy is found hanging from a swing set in rural North Carolina in 2014, his mother's search for justice and reconciliation...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Danny Glover

In a rapidly changing America where mass inequality and dwindling opportunity have devastated the black working class, three Detroit men must fight...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: James "Jack Rabbit" Jackson