, which will see the late actor Williams share the screen with John Boyega as well as, starring Johnson as a young mother with an autistic daughter . Johnson also pops up in the Premieres section withDunham, who launched her career at Sundance with the indie, which she wrote, directed and co-stars in alongside Kristine Froseth, Jon Bernthal, Scott Speedman, Taylour Paige and Jennifer Jason Leigh. The film will bow in the festival’s Salt Lake City Opening Night section.
Sundance often reflects the current news cycle, and this year is no different, with several films centering on abortion and women’s health. The Documentary Competition section includes, which focuses on the 1972 arrest of seven women that built an underground network to get women safe abortions, while the Premieres section has, which stars Elizabeth Banks and Sigourney Weaver and follows a 1960s housewife who seeks to offer women access to abortions.
“We don’t program along thematic lines, but we did notice some trends coming out as we are going through our submissions, which were quite robust,” festival director of programming Kim Yutani tells. “I think we saw filmmakers reacting to this time that we’ve all experienced the past 18-20 months and just seeing how artists are processing the world that we’ve been living in and how that has affected them telling their stories.
Frequently a launching pad for splashy biodoc premieres, Sundance’s past nonfiction selections include films about Taylor Swift, Jane Fonda and Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Among this year’s batch is the highly anticipated Netflix doc, a look at the late Princess Diana that is certain to spark the wrath of the royal family.
The Robert Reford-founded fest has pledged its commitment to creating more gender and racial equity in the programming of its lineup. This year, 60 percent of the directors behind the films in this year’s U.S. Dramatic Competition identify as women, while 50 percent identify as people of color.
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