Sundance Film Festival

Sundance debuts dark tale of triplets split at birth

Park City - Muslimchronicle

If it were a conspiracy thriller it would be dismissed as far-fetched, but Tim Wardle's astonishing story of triplets separated at birth and reunited by pure chance is all too real. His debut feature documentary "Three Identical Strangers," which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on Friday, introduces Bobby Shafran, Eddy Galland and David Kellman, who had no idea they were triplets untilRead more

Al Gore: I've given up on climate 'catastrophe' Trump

Washington - Muslimchronicle

A decade after his documentary “An Inconvenient Truth” sent shockwaves around the world with its dire warnings of environmental disaster, Gore is sounding the alarm on climate change again. “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power,” released by Paramount on Friday, had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival a day before the January 20 inauguration. Since then, the newRead more

Dolores Huerta: little-known militant icon with a big part in history

Bakersfield - Arab Today

Who has the power? People have the power!" Small, slender Dolores Huerta, with her soft but firm voice, was whipping up a crowd at a Los Angeles rally against an oil pipeline in North Dakota. Dozens of people boisterously echoed her words. "She's an icon," actress Jane Fonda told AFP. Fonda, who had organized the protest, has frequently crossed pathsRead more

Arab cinema wins big at Sundance

Los Angeles - Arab Today

An Egyptian revolution thriller and a documentary about the Syrian conflict won at the Sundance Film Festival Saturday, even as the awards show opened with a sideways dig at President Donald Trump’s order suspending the arrival of refugees and tough new controls on travelers from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. Swedish-Egyptian Tarik Saleh’s “The Nile Hilton Incident”Read more

Sundance goes green as VR makers aim to save the planet

Park City - AFP

When consumers get excited about advances in virtual reality, they are usually thinking about videogaming, new and immersive movie-watching or -- let's face it -- pornography. But a number of projects presented at the Sundance Film Festival have a loftier goal in mind -- saving the planet. The annual get-together for indie filmmakers and fans in the Utah mountains isRead more

Al Gore beats the climate drum as Trump takes office

Park City - AFP

A decade after "An Inconvenient Truth" sent shockwaves around the world with its dire warnings of environmental catastrophe, Al Gore is sounding the alarm on climate change again. This time, the stakes are arguably higher with the US inauguration of Donald Trump, who has dismissed global warming as a fraud invented by the Chinese and nominated climate change skeptic ScottRead more