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“Raising Funds for a Film ‘About Abortion’ Is Never Easy” | Tracy Droz Tragos, PLAN C

A group of women sit around a long dining table, eating food and drinking wine while having conversation.PLAN C, courtesy of Sundance Institute.

Opening today in 20 markets across the United States is Tracy Droz Tragos’s Plan C, a documentary about social scientist Francine Coeytaux and her team’s work on expanding access to abortion pills online. With Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, Minneapolis-St. Paul opening…  Read more

By Oct 6, 2023

“There’s a Beauty to the Dark Feminine”: Nida Manzoor on Polite Society

A teenage girl in traditional, green Desi formal wear strikes a pose as she performs a traditional dance.Priya Kansara in Polite Society.

The unbreakable bond of sisterhood threatens to be thwarted by a eugenic evil conspiracy in Polite Society, writer-director Nida Manzoor’s feature debut. The British filmmaker, who was raised in a Pakistani Muslim household, has encased vital aspects of her own…  Read more

By Apr 28, 2023

“Participants Were Spread Over 10 Countries” | Laura McGann, The Deepest Breath 

A freediver ascends through an undersea cave as a bright blue sunbeam shines down on them.The Deepest Breath, courtesy of Sundance Institute.

Every production faces unexpected obstructions that require creative solutions and conceptual rethinking. What was an unforeseen obstacle, crisis, or simply unpredictable event you had to respond to, and how did this event impact or cause you to rethink your film?…  Read more

By Feb 6, 2023

“I Saw the Benefits of Technology” | Amanda Kim, Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV 

Nam June Paik: Moon is the Oldest TVNam June Paik: Moon is the Oldest TV

Every production faces unexpected obstructions that require creative solutions and conceptual rethinking. What was an unforeseen obstacle, crisis, or simply unpredictable event you had to respond to, and how did this event impact or cause you to rethink your film?…  Read more

By Feb 6, 2023


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