15 observations on the Sundance line-up.
The U.S. and world competition line-ups are here; the premieres and sidebars are here. Documentary Competition: 1. Sundance often leans toward the documentary-as-journalism/vehicle for activism, and, from the descriptions, there's again plenty of that this year: Joe Berlinger (going solo!) has "Crude" is "the inside story of the 'Amazon Chernobyl' case in the rainforest of Ecuador"; "Dirt! The Movie" is about "how humans are rapidly destroying the last natural resource on earth"; "The Cove" follows "a group of activists led by Ric O'Barry, the man behind Flipper" as they look into environmental horrors in a small cove in Japan. 2. Tom DiCillo, of "Johnny Suede" and "Living in Oblivion," has made a Doors documentary?!...
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