{"id":27261,"date":"2018-11-29T19:10:34","date_gmt":"2018-11-29T19:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/colorlines.madeostudio.com\/article\/7-films-were-excited-see-after-sundance-festival\/"},"modified":"2018-11-29T19:10:34","modified_gmt":"2018-11-29T19:10:34","slug":"7-films-were-excited-see-after-sundance-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/colorlines.com\/article\/7-films-were-excited-see-after-sundance-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Films We’re Excited to See After the Sundance Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"
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7 Films We’re Excited to See After the Sundance Festival<\/h3>\n

\n By Sameer Rao<\/span> Nov 29, 2018<\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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The Sundance Film Festival<\/a> helped put \"Sorry to Bother You<\/a>,\" \"Strong Island<\/a>,\" \"Blindspotting<\/a>\" and many other acclaimed films about racial justice and identity on the path to theaters and homes worldwide. The 2019 festival<\/a>, whose main roster was announced<\/a> yesterday (November 28), will showcase several scripted and documentary features that tackle these topics head-on. <\/p>\n

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Breaking: Announcing the #Sundance<\/a> 2019 feature film program! https:\/\/t.co\/IGuKG2KsbP<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/9wKYPHjC07<\/a><\/p>\n

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rntStorylines about economic segregation, Indigenous history, Asian-American familial relationships, immigration policing and other facets of life in communities of color populate the following noteworthy films:<\/p>\n

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\"Native Son.\"<\/strong> Screenwriter Suzan-Lori Parks<\/a> (\"Topdog\/Underdog\") and debut narrative feature film director Rashid Johnson<\/a> update Richard Wright’s seminal 1940 novel<\/a> (and the 1951<\/a> and 1986<\/a> films based on it) for contemporary times. The new movie follows Bigger Thomas, a young Black Chicagoan whose acceptance of a job with an influential White family places him on a tumultuous path. Ashton Sanders<\/a>, KiKi Layne<\/a> and Sanaa Lathan<\/a> star.<\/p>\n

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\"Words from a Bear.\"<\/strong> Kiowa<\/a> writer and Native American Renaissance<\/a> figure Navarro Scott Momaday<\/a> discusses his work and its relationship to his own Indigenous identity and ancestral lineage. Fellow Kiowa tribal member Jeffrey Palmer<\/a> makes his feature film debut as director and producer.<\/p>\n

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\"Ms. Purple.\"<\/strong> A karaoke hostess in Los Angeles’ Koreatown reconnects with her estranged brother and looks at her own life after her father’s hospice care nurse leaves. Justin Chon<\/a> (\"Gook\") directs from a script he co-wrote with Chris Dinh<\/a> (\"Parker and the Crew\"). Tiffany Chu<\/a> stars.<\/p>\n

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\"The Last Black Man in San Francisco.\"<\/strong> Two friends seek to reclaim a family home in a city where rapid gentrification threatens to diminish a long-standing Black community. Debut feature filmmaker Joe Talbot<\/a> directs from a screenplay he co-wrote with Rob Richert<\/a> (\"Kosu\"). Jimmie Fails<\/a>, whose own life inspired the plot, stars alongside Jonathan Majors<\/a> and Tichina Arnold<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\"Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am.\"<\/strong> The celebrated writer and scholar<\/a> explores her work, American racism and the human condition alongside her literary peers and other commentators. Timothy Greenfield-Sanders<\/a> (\"The Out List\") directs.<\/p>\n

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\"The Infiltrators.\"<\/strong> Youth of undocumented status intentionally subject themselves to arrest by U.S. Border Customs and Protection agents to infiltrate a mysterious for-profit detention center. Cristina Ibarra<\/a> (\"The Last Conquistador\") and Alex Rivera<\/a> (\"Futurestates\") direct from a script Rivera co-wrote with Aldo Velasco<\/a> (\"The People I’ve Slept With\"). Maynor Alvarado<\/a> and Chelsea Rendon<\/a> star.<\/p>\n

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\"Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool.\"<\/strong> Documentarian Stanley Nelson<\/a> (\"Tell Them We Are Rising\") chronicles the life of the genre-bending Black musical pioneer. <\/p>\n

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Learn more about the films selected to screen at the festival at SundanceInstitute.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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