Sundance Film Festival 2024

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The Synanon Fix and God Save Texas
Better Angels: The Gospel According To Tammy Faye (Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Dana Adam Shapiro; Writer: Helen Rollins, Dana Adam Shapiro; Stars: Tammy Faye Bakker, Jim Bakker, Jessica Chastain, Jay Bakker)
As told by her family, friends, and enemies, the meteoric rise, scandalous fall, and unlikely resurrection of Tammy Faye, the "First Lady of the Electric Church," poses an increasingly relevant question: How did we get the story so wrong?
World premiere
Conbody Vs Everybody (Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Debra Granik; Stars: Coss Marte)
Taking place over eight years, Coss Marte builds ConBody, a gym inspired by workouts he developed while in prison. Committed to employing trainers who were formerly incarcerated, Coss creates a community fighting to break the cycle of recidivism while navigating society’s many obstacles to re-entry.
World premiere
God Save Texas (Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Richard Linklater, Alex Stapleton, Iliana Sosa)
Three directors offer their unique and personal perspectives on their home state
World premiere
Lolla: The Story Of Lollapalooza (Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Michael John Warren)
In the summer of ’91, the Lollapalooza music festival was born. What started as a farewell tour for the band Jane’s Addiction rose from the underground to launch a cultural movement and change music forever.
World premiere
The Synanon Fix (Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Rory Kennedy; Writer: Mark Bailey, Jeffrey Swimmer)
Exploring the rise and fall of the Synanon organisation - through the eyes of the members who lived it - from its early days as a groundbreaking drug rehabilitation program to its later descent into what many consider a cult.
World premiere
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