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Las Cruces Days

Two women stand against a white wall, their shadows cast into slight relief.Sasha Calle and Lío Mehiel in In the Summers

Alessandra Lacorazza’s In the Summers is a film of moments spread across years—moments quiet and seemingly insignificant, as well as larger events whose significance is downplayed at the time only to be properly understood years later. It’s the story of…  Read more

By Mar 18, 2024

“I Come From the One-Woman-Band Show of Visual Journalism…”: Emily Kassie on Producing Sugarcane

Close-up of Julian Brave NoiseCat, a member of Shuswap Nation.Still from Sugarcane. Courtesy of Sundance Institute. | Photo by Emily Kassie

Tackling a timely but under-discussed contemporary issue in both the United States and Canada, journalists Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie investigate a string of abuses and missing persons cases at an indigenous residential school in Sugarcane. Below, Kassie, who…  Read more

By Feb 1, 2024

“A Level of Determination That Can Border On Insane”: Producer Sam Widdoes on As We Speak

A young Black man wearing a white t-shirt and hoodie sings into a microphone at a recording studio.As We Speak, courtesy of Sundance Institute.

As We Speak, the directorial debut from J.M. Harper, follows the growing phenomenon of rap lyrics being used during legal battles both in the U.S. and abroad. Rapper Kemba acts as a guide through the murky waters of the First…  Read more

By Jan 22, 2024

“Every Time I Watch the Film, I Still Get Choked Up”: Producer Adrien Barrouillet on In the Land of Brothers

An Afghan woman in gloves and overalls holding pruning shears is gathering isfahan tomatoes from the vine.Still from In The Land of Brothers. Courtesy of Sundance Institute.

A French co-production shot entirely in Iran, In the Land of Brothers follows three Afghan refugees who struggle for decades to make Iran feel like a real home. The film is the debut feature of Raha Amirfazli and Alireza Ghasemi, who previously…  Read more

By Jan 22, 2024


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