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Sundance 2020′s 118 movies: Taylor Swift, an alien invasion, Pepe the Frog, and more

By Sean P. Means

December 4, 2019

Here are the 118 titles selected to screen at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, running Jan. 23-Feb. 2 in Park City and at venues in Salt Lake City and the Sundance resort in Provo Canyon.

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“Whirlybird” • A profile of Zoey Tur, who revolutionized aerial journalism over Los Angeles with his then-wife, Marika, in the 1980s and 1990s — including being the first to broadcast O.J. Simpson’s slow speed chase in 1994. Director Matt Yoka also details how Tur, whose daughter is MSNBC host Katy Tur, came out as transgender in 2013.

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–https://www.sltrib.com/artsliving/2019/12/04/sundance-s-movies-taylor/

By Andrea James | December 4, 2019 | Events and Appearances, Film and media news, Stuff to check out, Whirlybird |

Sundance ’20: “Crip Camp”, “Miss Americana” among doc premieres

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By Jillian Morgan December 4, 2019

Sundance Institute has revealed the showcase of independent feature films selected for its flagship festival, with Miss Americana, Crip Camp, Us Kids and Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story among the documentaries premiering.

The U.S. Documentary Competition of the 2020 Sundance Film Festival comprises 16 world premieres, including Crip Camp (pictured), while the World Cinema Documentary Competition comprises 12 titles having their world or international premieres.

A selection of 118 feature films across all categories announced today (Dec. 4) were culled from a record 15,100 submissions. 

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–http://realscreen.com/2019/12/04/sundance-20-crip-camp-miss-americana-among-doc-premieres/

By Andrea James | December 4, 2019 | Events and Appearances, Film and media news, Stuff to check out, Whirlybird |

2020 Sundance Film Festival: 118 feature films announced

Park City, UT — The nonprofit Sundance Institute announced today the showcase of new independent feature films selected across all categories for the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. The Festival hosts screenings in Park City, Salt Lake City and at Sundance Mountain Resort, from January 23–February 2, 2020. The Sundance Film Festival is Sundance Institute’s flagship public program, widely regarded as the largest American independent film festival and attended by more than 120,000 people and 1,300 accredited press, and powered by more than 2,000 volunteers last year.

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Whirlybird / U.S.A. (Director: Matt Yoka, Producers: Diane Becker, Matt Yoka) — Soaring above the chaotic spectacle of ‘80s and ‘90s Los Angeles, a young couple revolutionized breaking news with their brazen helicopter reporting. Culled from this news duo’s sprawling video archive is a poignant L.A. story of a family in turbulence hovering over a city unhinged. World Premiere

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–https://www.sundance.org/blogs/news/2020-sundance-features-announced

By ksnider | December 4, 2019 | Events and Appearances, Film and media news, Stuff to check out, Whirlybird |

Sundance 2020: Riley Keough, Robert Redford, Angelina Jolie, Bruce Lee Docu, Lena Waithe & LGBTQ+ Rights Pack U.S., World Cinema, NEXT, Midnight & Kids Slates

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By Dominic Patten

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U.S. DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
Sixteen world-premiere American documentaries that illuminate the ideas, people and events that shape the present day. Films that have premiered in this category in recent years include APOLLO 11, Knock Down The House, One Child Nation, American Factory, Three Identical Strangers and On Her Shoulders. 45% of the directors in this year’s U.S. Documentary Competition are women; 23% are people of color; 23% are LGBTQ+.

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Whirlybird / U.S.A. (Director: Matt Yoka, Producers: Diane Becker, Matt Yoka) — Soaring above the chaotic spectacle of ‘80s and ‘90s Los Angeles, a young couple revolutionized breaking news with their brazen helicopter reporting. Culled from this news duo’s sprawling video archive is a poignant L.A. story of a family in turbulence hovering over a city unhinged. World Premiere

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– https://deadline.com/2019/12/sundance-film-festival-2020-lineup-films-competition-midnight-spotlight-kids-next-full-list-1202800567/

By Andrea James | December 4, 2019 | Film and media news, Stuff to check out, Uncategorized, Whirlybird |

Sundance Unveils Female-Powered Lineup Featuring Taylor Swift, Gloria Steinem, Abortion Road Trip Drama

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1:00 PM PST 12/4/2019 by Tatiana Siegel

As Sundance director John Cooper’s 11-year run at the helm of the indie film festival comes to a close, he is going out with a bang. With a nod to what he dubs “youth’s role in activism,” Cooper has packed the 2020 fest lineup with a slew of hot-button films that cover everything from an abortion road-trip drama to high school gun control efforts.

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Whirlybird​ / U.S.A. (Director: Matt Yoka, Producers: Diane Becker, Matt Yoka) ​— ​Soaring above the chaotic spectacle of ‘80s and ‘90s Los Angeles, a young couple revolutionized breaking news with their brazen helicopter reporting. Culled from this news duo’s sprawling video archive is a poignant L.A. story of a family in turbulence hovering over a city unhinged. ​World Premiere

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–https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sundance-2020-unveils-female-powered-lineup-taylor-swift-gloria-steinem-films-1259538

By ksnider | December 4, 2019 | Events and Appearances, Film and media news, Stuff to check out, Whirlybird |

Sundance Film Festival Lineup Includes Indie Darling Taylor Swift

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By Jordan Crucchiola

The Sundance Film Festival just released its expansive 2020 festival lineup, and amid the very Sundance-y names like Riley Keough and Tessa Thompson is one person you really don’t typically align with Park City: international singing and songwriting sensation Taylor Swift. 

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Whirlybird / U.S.A. (Director: Matt Yoka, Producers: Diane Becker, Matt Yoka) — Soaring above the chaotic spectacle of ‘80s and ‘90s Los Angeles, a young couple revolutionized breaking news with their brazen helicopter reporting. Culled from this news duo’s sprawling video archive is a poignant L.A. story of a family in turbulence hovering over a city unhinged. World Premiere

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–https://www.vulture.com/2019/12/sundance-film-festival-2020-lineup.html

By Andrea James | December 4, 2019 | Events and Appearances, Film and media news, Stuff to check out, Whirlybird |

Taylor Swift, Viggo Mortensen and Tessa Thompson Lead Diverse 2020 Sundance Lineup

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Beatrice Verhoeven | December 4, 2019

The Sundance Institute announced its full lineup for the 2020 Sundance Film Festival on Wednesday, which includes films like “Nine Days,” starring Winston Duke and Zazie Beetz, and “Downhill,” starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Will Ferrell, as well as documentaries about Bruce Lee, Taylor Swift and Pepe the Frog.

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Whirlybird / U.S.A. (Director: Matt Yoka, Producers: Diane Becker, Matt Yoka) — Soaring above the chaotic
spectacle of ’80s and ’90s Los Angeles, a young couple revolutionized breaking news with their brazen helicopter
reporting. Culled from this news duo’s sprawling video archive is a poignant L.A. story of a family in turbulence hovering over a city unhinged. World Premiere

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–https://www.thewrap.com/2020-sundance-lineup-taylor-swift-viggo-mortensen-tessa-thompson/

By Andrea James | December 4, 2019 | Events and Appearances, Film and media news, Stuff to check out, Whirlybird |

What’s in my bag?

What’s in my bag?

September 4 · Issue #14 · 

Each week, one interesting person shares four favorite things in their bag.

Andrea James creates and consults on media focused on sex and gender minorities. As Time magazine noted, she has helped major productions and companies, as well as “worked on countless other projects related to LGBTQ identities.” You can find her on Instagram @jokestress.

What's in my bag

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https://www.getrevue.co/profile/wimb/issues/what-s-in-my-bag-andrea-james-196792

By Andrea James | September 6, 2019 | Uncategorized |

Estradiol Illusions Podcast

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Estradiol Illusions

A Conversation with Andrea James

Aug 29th, 2019 by ITM

We are absolutely delighted to welcome the iconic transgender activist, filmmaker, and writer Andrea James to the show for a wide-ranging conversation about her work. Andrea talks about her upcoming work The Transphobia Project, an interactive chart that tracks anti-transgender bias in the media. Andrea also shares plenty of insight regarding the evolution of trans representation on screen and the ways coverage of trans issues has changed over the years among other topics.

https://ianthomasmalone.podbean.com/e/a-conversation-with-andrea-james

By Andrea James | August 29, 2019 | Uncategorized |

Exclusive: Using data to track transphobia in media

andrea james and the transphobia project
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Ina Fried
June 17, 2019

Rather than react one story at a time to negative media coverage of the transgender community, producer, activist and writer Andrea James wants to map out the bias, in hopes of eventually eliminating it.

What’s new: For the past year, James has been working on a data visualization project tracing connecting threads and shared sources in biased coverage. On Monday, James is going public with the effort, called The Transphobia Project, and launching a Kickstarter campaign in hopes of being able to fully fund the effort.

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By Andrea James | June 17, 2019 | Uncategorized |