The Sundance Film Festival is always a great place for documentary discoveries. This year features new films about Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Fred Rogers, Imagine Dragons, Kronos Quartet and more. Pure Nonfiction founders Thom Powers and Raphaela Neihausen have gotten an early look at several Sundance premieres and have 11 recommendations. Even if you won’t be in Park City, you can look forward to these films being released later this year.

In the second half of the show, Powers interviews Tabitha Jackson, the head of the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program that provides vital funding and support for filmmakers. The interview took place as part of DOC NYC PRO in November.

Films discussed in this episode (in order of mention):
Three Identical Strangers
The Imposter
American Animals
The Sentence
On Her Shoulders
Minding the Gap
Our New President
Clinica de Migrantes
Shirkers
Believer
RBG
Won’t You Be My Neighbor
306 Hollywood
A Thousand Thoughts
Cameraperson
I Am Not Your Negro
Faces Places

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