New for 2010, the Spotlight section is a tribute to the cinema we love. Regardless of where these impressive films have played throughout the world, the Sundance Film Festival is thrilled to light a marquee for them. We've split the strand into Documentary and Narrative sections for ease of reference.
8: The Mormon Proposition
(Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: Reed Cowan; Writer: Reed Cowan; Stars: George Takei, Hal Sparks, Dustin Lance Black, Gavin Newsom, Darren Curtis, Carol Lynn Pearson, Rocky Anderson, Ruben Israel, Emily Pearson, Mark Leno, Gayle Ruzicka, Sarah Nicholson, Melissa Bird, Kate Kendell, Jacob Whipple)
An examination of the relationship between the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in the promotion and passage of California's Proposition 8, that denied marriage rights for Gay and Lesbian couples.
World Premiere
Catfish
(Country: US; Year: 2010; Director: Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman)
An internet flirtation leads to a complicated romance in which things are not as they appear.
World Premiere
Climate Refugees
(Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: Michael Nash; Writer: Michael Nash; Stars: Lester Brown, Yvo de Boer, Paul Ehrlich, Newt Gingrich, Al Gore, John Kerry, Bert Metz, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Bill Ritter, Gov. Bill Ritter, Ken Salazar, Stephen Schneider, Achim Steiner, Desmond Tutu)
An over-consuming, crowded world, with depleting resources and a changing climate is giving birth to 25 million climate refugees, resulting in a mass global migration and border conflicts.
World Premiere
Countdown To Ground Zero
(Country: US; Year: 2006; Director: Carsten Oblaender; Writer: Laurie K Miller; Stars: Jake Andolina, Nabil Awad, Mark Bentley, Patricia Talmadge Berry, Adrian Black, Alexander Carney, Shirley Coggon, Tim Colmus, Ray Converse, Chris Cottillo, Richard Cutting, Brandi L. Davis, Hugo Del Granado, John Doty, Brian Dragonuk)
A fascinating and frightening exploration of the dangers of nuclear weapons, exposing a variety of present day threats and featuring insights from a host of international experts and world leaders who advocate total global disarmament.
World Premiere
Life 2.0
(Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: Jason Spingarn-Koff)
More than an examination of new technology, the film is foremost an intimate, character-based drama about people whose lives are dramatically transformed by the virtual world called Second Life.
World Premiere
Teenage Paparazzo
(Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: Adrian Grenier; Writer: Adrian Grenier; Stars: Alec Baldwin, Drew Barrymore, Lindsay Lohan, Whoopi Goldberg, Kevin Connolly, Adrian Grenier, Eva Longoria Parker, Paris Hilton, Mario López, Martin Landau, Rosie O'Donnell, Lewis Black, Noam Chomsky)
A 13-year-old paparazzi boy snaps a photo of actor Adrian Grenier, leading Grenier to explore the effects of celebrity on culture.
World Premiere
To Catch A Dollar: Muhammad Yunus Banks On America
(Country: Bangladesh, US, China, Denmark, Guatemala, Haiti, Indonesia, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Mexico, Norway,; Year: 2009; Director: Gayle Ferraro; Stars: Muhammad Yunus)
Tapping into the success of Muhammad Yunus after winning the Nobel Peace Prize (2006), Grameen America has opened in Queens, NY replicating the banking model program Yunus first started in Bangladesh.
World Premiere
Winning Time: Reggie Miller Vs The New York Knicks
(Year: 2010; Director: Dan Klores)
Reggie Miller single-handedly crushed the hearts of Knick fans multiple times. But it was the 1995 Eastern Conference Semifinals that solidified Miller as Public Enemy #1 in New York City.
World Premiere
