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through a patchwork of grants, funds and personal capital, meaning they often took years to complete. Sundance was the first major festival to give nonfiction work the same footing as work that was targeted for theatrical distribution. Sundance documentaries have consistently been some of the industry’s best work and this year was no exception. Still follows Michael J. Fox in his meteoric rise to stardom and how his life was altered by his Parkinson’s diagnosis at age 29. It’s billed as a playful, humorous account and eternal optimism. Underrated is the key reason my wife would hurt us – bad – if we even said we’re considering dropping Apple TV+. It’s a documentary about Golden State Warriors Stephen Curry that explores what he faced as a low-rated, undersized kid a Division I school to become a basketball GOAT and four-time NBA champ. Pretty Baby is a two-part doc that follows Brooke Shields from her breakout role at 12 and is a revealing and critical documentary of how young, attractive and talented are so often used, abused and sidelined by industry image makers/breakers. Judy Blume Forever and Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project were two career overviews of determined writers covering their event-filled lives, career pauses/triumphs as well as personal milestones and political battles. Bad Press is an eye-opening look at the fight for free press while Victim/Suspect is an investigative look at how women have reported sexual assault only to be arrested and prosecuted. Murder in Big Horn is a Showtime mini-docuseries that explores missing Indigenous women/girls who disappeared from Montana’s Big Horn region. I Am Everything is a film we’ll watch on CNN after Magnolia completes its global theatrical run. It chronicles rock icon Little Richard and his legacy of Blackness, queerness, faith and Christianity. We’re pretty sure it will be as captivating/enlightening as Summer of Soul and Get on Up, James Brown’s musical biography. There were several other intriguing and yet disturbing films we know we should watch