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Film Feature: 2017 Sundance Film Festival Spotlights #2

Our coverage of the 2017 Sundance Film Festival continues with this look at five documentaries that premiered at the Fest a few weeks ago.

Many of these may receive distribution or television deals (if they haven’t already; see our notes below), so you can know what to watch for in the coming year with these handy capsule reviews, which use our patented Sundance Viewing Priority Level (VPL) Guide:

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Author Carrie KahnPosted on February 8, 2017February 9, 2017Categories Features, FilmsTags 2017 Sundance Film Festival, Adam Beach, Al Franken, Alfonso Maiorana, Amir Bar-Lev, Bob Weir, Booker T. Washington, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Catherine Bainbridge, Charley Patton, chronic fatigue syndrome, grateful dead, HBCU, Jennifer Brea, jerry garcia, Johnna Watson, Joy Harjo, Kim Roberts, Libby Schaaf, Link Wray, Long Strange Trip, Marcia Smith, Martin Scorsese, Mike Fleiss, myalgic encephalomyelitis, Oakland, Oakland PD, Oakland Police Department, Omar Wasow, Peter La Farge, Peter Nicks, Randy Castillo, Robbie Robertson, rock music history, Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World, Sean Whent, Stanley Nelson, Steven Van Zandt, Sundance, Sundance Documentaries, Sundance Film Festival, Taboo, Tell Them We are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities, The Force, Tony Bennett, Unrest, W.E.B. Du Bois

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