Soderbergh before Ocean's Eleven, broke and begging—indie film's messy origin story.
Filmmakers at the Sundance Film Festival discuss what it is like to be an independent filmmaker, and what Sundance has done for them.
Direction
Zenovich captures the festival before it became a brand.
Production
Raw 16mm footage feels like you smuggled yourself in.
Director
Marina Zenovich
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during the 1997 festival that launched The Apostle and The Apostle flopped commercially despite the hype—this doc captures the exact moment Sundance prestige stopped guaranteeing box office.
Marina Zenovich later directed the Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired doc, making this her first excavation of Hollywood's uncomfortable power dynamics—she was already obsessed with who gets to tell stories.
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