Sundance
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‘Street Gang’ Director Explains Why ‘Sesame Street’ Once Got Backlash From Black Parents (Video)
Sundance 2021: “I initially thought that maybe the white parents couldn’t handle Roosevelt because he was too Black,” Marilyn Agrelo says of an early Muppet of color
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‘CODA’ Sells to Apple for Record-Breaking $25 Million After Sundance Bidding War
Sundance 2021: Drama directed by Sian Heder follows the daughter of a deaf family who joins her school’s choir
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Rita Moreno Rages Against Persistent Hollywood Racism: ‘It’s Still the Same Damn Problem’ (Video)
Sundance 2021: The subject of “Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It” offers candid opinions at TheWrap’s interview studio
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Neon Acquires Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s ‘Flee’ in 7-Figure Deal
Sundance 2021: Film is executive produced by Riz Ahmed and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
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Why Hulu Is Once Again Sundance’s Buyer to Watch
Sundance 2021: “Is Disney going to be aggressive now that can go international with their recently acquired Star in Asia?” one agent tells TheWrap
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How Will Sundance’s Virtual Festival Affect Film Sales?
“If somebody actually likes a movie and wants to buy it and comes in aggressively, it could make (the acquisitions process) much faster,” one sales agent tells TheWrap
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‘Promising Young Woman’ Film Review: Carey Mulligan Shines in Bold Thriller for the #MeToo Era
Carey Mulligan is electric as a woman out to scare predatory men in Emerald Fennell’s twisted tale of trauma and revenge
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‘Charm City Kings’ Filmmakers on Lifting Up ‘Marginalized’ Youth Through Dirt Biking | Video
“This is the life that a lot of people face,” director Angel Manuel Soto says
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How ‘Save Yourselves!’ Filmmakers Imagined a Couple in Quarantine Pre-COVID (Video)
Sundance 2020: Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson’s sci-fi comedy is about what happens when two people shut off their phones during an alien invasion
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Sundance Institute Hires Gina Duncan in New Role as Producing Director
Duncan, formerly of BAM, will report to festival director Tabitha Jackson
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How Sundance and Other Film Festivals Are Prepping for Virtual 2021 Event – and Permanent Changes Post-COVID (Video)
TheGrill 2020: “How do we keep our own institutions sustainable, but how do we keep artists sustainable,” Sundance director Tabitha Jackson says
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‘Kajillionaire’ Writer-Director Miranda July Joins Spotlight Conversation at TheGrill 2020
TheWrap’s annual conference heats up with leaders of Sundance, Tribeca and New York film festivals debating the evolution of these key events for the cinematic community
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Lionsgate Acquires Domestic Rights to Sienna Miller and Diego Luna Sundance Pic ‘Wander Darkly’
Film premiered at the 2020 Festival
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‘Save Yourselves!’ Trailer: Unplugged Millennials Manage to Miss an Alien Invasion (Video)
Sundance hit from Bleecker Street opens theatrically on Oct. 2
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‘Some Kind of Heaven’ Documentary About America’s Largest Retirement Community Acquired by Magnolia Pictures
Darren Aronofsky’s Protozoa produced the Sundance film directed by Lance Oppenheim