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South by Southwest · 2024

South by Southwest 2024

Documentary Spotlight

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11 films

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Cheech & Chong's Last Movie

A documentary exploring the legacy of pioneering comics Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong with a mix of archival madness and cinematic road trip.

(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: David Bushell; Stars: Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong)

Dickweed

Two people got kidnapped. One man lost his dick. No one got any money. This heist-gone-horribly-wrong led one Newport Beach detective on an international manhunt for the most twisted criminal he’s ever hunted.

(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Jonathan Ignatius Green; Stars: Dick Kriek)

How To Build A Truth Engine

A documentary about how our neurological development makes us susceptible to misinformation, and what we can do about it.

(Country: Austria; Year: 2024; Director: Friedrich Moser; Writer: Friedrich Moser; Stars: Michael Nikbakhsh, Christoph Koettl, Zahra Aghajan)

Lions Of Mesopotamia

A documentary about the Iraqi national football team’s journey to become Asian Cup champions in 2007 during the bloodiest days of their country’s civil war.

(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Lucian Read)

MoviePass, MovieCrash

The origin story, meteoric rise and stranger-than-fiction implosion of the cinema subscription app, MoviePass.

(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Muta'Ali Muhammad)

Plastic People

A documentary that chronicles humanity’s fraught relationship with plastic and one woman’s mission to expose shocking new revelations about the impact of microplastics on human health.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2024; Director: Ben Addelman, Ziya Tong; Writer: Ben Addelman)

Preconceived

A documentary about the pervasive, but overlooked presence of Crisis Pregnancy Centers, which explores the complex role of deception, finances, faith, and privacy amid a shifting legal landscape.

(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Sabrine Keane, Kate Dumke)

Secret Mall Apartment

In 2003, eight young Rhode Islanders created a secret apartment hidden inside the Providence Place Mall and lived in it for four years, filming everything along the way. The secret apartment became a deeply meaningful place for all its inhabitants.

(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Jeremy Workman)

Shaking It Up: The Life And Times Of Liz Carpenter

The story of a trailblazing journalist, White House official, feminist leader, political activist, and humorist whose legacy is a vital part of Texas and US history and highly relevant today.

(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Abby Ginzberg, Christy Carpenter; Stars: Gloria Steinem, Dan Rather, Luci Baines Johnson, Eleanor Smeal)

She Looks Like Me

Born without legs, Jen Bricker is abandoned by her biological parents. She idolises America’s superstar gymnast, Dominique Moceanu - only to discover that they share a shocking secret.

(Country: UK; Year: 2024; Director: Torquil Jones; Writer: Torquil Jones; Stars: Jen Bricker, Simone Biles, Dominique Moceanu, Tasha Schwikert, Jennifer Sey, Sharon Bricker)

Whatever It Takes

In 2019, a middle-aged couple are subjected to cyberstalking and bizarre deliveries, including a bloody pig mask and funeral wreath. As the harassment intensifies, the police and FBI close in on a Silicon Valley giant and some very unlikely suspects.

(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Jenny Carchman)