Sundance 2017: World Cinema Documentary Competition
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1. The Good Postman (2016)
80 min | Documentary
A small and stubborn Bulgarian village facing the Turkish border has been resisting foreign invaders since the times of the Roman and Ottoman Empires. Now its electorate of 38 elderly ... See full summary »
Director: Tonislav Hristov | Stars: Ivan Fransuzov, Angela Jekova, Vangel Jekov, Ivan Halahcev
Votes: 368
2. School Life (2016)
PG-13 | 99 min | Documentary
Long careers are drawing to a close for John and Amanda, who teach Latin, English, and guitar at a stately home-turned-school, where they are legends with a mantra: "Reading. 'Rithmetic. Rock 'n' roll!" But leaving is the hardest lesson.
Directors: Neasa Ní Chianáin, David Rane | Stars: Dermot Dix, Amanda Leyden, John Leyden
Votes: 324 | Gross: $0.04M
3. It's Not Yet Dark (2016)
81 min | Documentary
It's Not Yet Dark tells the ground breaking story of Simon Fitzmaurice, a talented young Irish film maker with ALS (MND), as he embarks on directing his first feature film through the use of his eyes and eye gaze technology.
Director: Frankie Fenton | Stars: Simon Fitzmaurice, Ruth Fitzmaurice, Damien Fitzmaurice, Florence Fitzmaurice
Votes: 250 | Gross: $0.00M
4. Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower (2017)
TV-14 | 79 min | Documentary
When the Chinese Communist Party backtracks on its promise of autonomy to Hong Kong, teenager Joshua Wong decides to save his city. Rallying thousands of kids to skip school and occupy the ... See full summary »
Director: Joe Piscatella | Stars: Agnes Chow, Joshua 'Chi-Fung' Wong
Votes: 1,677
5. Last Men in Aleppo (2017)
Not Rated | 104 min | Documentary, War
Khaled, Mahmoud and Subhi volunteer with the White Helmets trying to save lives of hundreds of victims in the besieged city of Aleppo during the Syrian Civil War.
Directors: Feras Fayyad, Steen Johannessen | Stars: Khaled Umar Harah, Batul, Mahmoud, Abu Umar
Votes: 2,999 | Gross: $0.01M
6. Machines (2016)
71 min | Documentary
A portrait of daily life of the workers in an Indian textile factory, revealing its beauty as well as its shameful working conditions.
Director: Rahul Jain
Votes: 645 | Gross: $0.01M
7. Motherland (I) (2017)
94 min | Documentary
Taking us into the heart of the planet's busiest maternity hospital, the viewer is dropped like an unseen outsider into the hospital's stream of activity. At first, the people are strangers... See full summary »
Director: Ramona S. Diaz
Votes: 246
8. Plastic China (2016)
82 min | Documentary
A portrait of poverty, ambition and hope set in a world of waste.
Director: Jiuliang Wang
Votes: 620
9. Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World (2017)
103 min | Documentary, Music
A documentary about the role of Native Americans in popular music history.
Directors: Catherine Bainbridge, Alfonso Maiorana | Stars: George Clinton, Robbie Robertson, Gary Giddins, Martin Scorsese
Votes: 1,078 | Gross: $0.23M
10. Tokyo Idols (2017)
TV-14 | 90 min | Documentary, Music
Girl bands and their pop music permeate every moment of Japanese life. Following an aspiring pop singer and her fans, Tokyo Idols explores a cultural phenomenon driven by an obsession with ... See full summary »
Director: Kyoko Miyake | Stars: Rio Hiiragi, Yuzuha Oda, Masayoshi Sakai
Votes: 1,316
11. Winnie (2017)
98 min | Documentary
Winnie Madikizela Mandela is one of the most misunderstood and intriguingly powerful contemporary female political figures. Her rise and seeming fall from grace, bear the hallmarks of epic tragedy.
Director: Pascale Lamche | Stars: Winnie Mandela, Anné-Mariè Bezdrop, Zindzi Mandela, Sophie Mokoena
Votes: 214
12. The Workers Cup (2017)
92 min | Documentary, Sport
Inside Qatar's labor camps, African and Asian migrant workers building the facilities of the 2022 World Cup compete in a football tournament of their own.
Director: Adam Sobel
Votes: 259
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