December Now Playing: ‘We Are the Giant,’ ‘Difret,’ and more

Difret

Nate von Zumwalt

With the announcement of the 2015 Sundance Film Festival program forthcoming, we round out this year’s slate of Sundance-supported films with a small but vigorous pair of theatrical releases – and a crop of Festival favorites coming to DVD and Blu-Ray in time for the holidays. Greg Barker’s We Are The Giant continues to gain pertinence with the ongoing detainment and trial of one of the film’s primary subjects, activist Maryam Al-Khawaja (read more here), while the Audience Award winner in World Dramatic Competition, Difret, finally brings its engrossing tale of abduction and forced marriage in Ethiopia to theaters.

In Theaters

Friday, December 12

We Are The Giant, directed by Greg Barker

Difret, directed by Zeresenay Mehari

DVD & Blu-Ray

Tuesday, December

Frank, directed by Lenny Abrahamson

Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead, directed by Tommy Wirkola

Tuesday, December 16

The Skeleton Twins, directed by Craig Johnson

Tuesday, December 23

The Trip To Italy, directed by Michael Winterbottom

On Demand


Tuesday, December 2

I Origins, directed by Mike Cahill

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From the Archives: Revisit Robert Redford’s Words of Wisdom

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From the Archives: Sundance Institute Founder Robert Redford on Why He’s Always Believed in the Power of Documentary Filmmaking

The Sundance Film Festival’s longstanding commitment to documentary has been driven by the personal connection founder and president Robert Redford feels for the form. Leading up to the premiere of Chicago 10, the second doc to ever open the Festival, we talked to Redford about the past, present, and possible future of documentaries.You made an early commitment to documentary.

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