SXSW 2014: Documentary Features
Selected from 892 submissions, the world premieres in the Documentary Feature category bring real world
stories to life, demonstrating innovation, energy and bold voices.
stories to life, demonstrating innovation, energy and bold voices.
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- DirectorJeremy AmbersStarsTimothy ChildsAmy CritchettBen Davis'Impossible Light' follows Internationally renowned artist, Leo Villareal and his dedicated team as they set out to install 25,000 LED lights on the side of San Francisco's Bay Bridge for an abstract fine art sculpture known as The Bay Lights. How did it happen? Who was behind this eight-million-dollar installation? And how in the world did the artist, his team, and the city of San Francisco pull it off? Jeremy Ambers' illuminating, riveting documentary, 'Impossible Light' sheds light on these questions, while chronicling the drama and child-like daring behind a project whose 'impossibility made it possible.'
- DirectorDavid B. MarshallBeginning With the End takes viewers on a profound, and profoundly moving, journey with a group of high school seniors working as trained hospice volunteers -- a story of beginnings and endings in a year of self-discovery and awakening.
- DirectorCatherine GundStarsElizabeth StrebSarah CallanJaclyn CarlsonElizabeth Streb vs. Gravity takes us on an exhilarating journey with choreographer Elizabeth Streb - pushing the boundaries between action and art and daring us to join Streb and her dancers in pursuit of human flight.
- DirectorDavid AlvaradoJason SussbergStarsAubrey de GreyBill AndrewsRalph AndrewsTwo eccentric scientists struggle to create eternal youth in a world they call "blind to the tragedy of old age." As they battle their own aging and suffer the losses of loved ones, their scientific journeys ultimately become personal.
- DirectorAaron I. NaarSeth CuddebackStarsMatthew StonemanAmerican gringo bolero musician, Mateo, recounts his life's struggles, feeds stray cats and travels to Cuba to make his next record.
- DirectorLuis LopezClay TweelStarsChris AndersonBruce BradshawCraig BroadyFollows the people racing to bring the hot new 3D printing technology to your home, documenting the "Macintosh Moment" of this revolution and exploring what it takes to live the American Dream.
- DirectorDiana WhittenStarsRebecca GompertsKinga JelinskiCecilia CostaA fearless sea captain sails a ship through loopholes in international law, providing abortions on the high seas, and leaving in her wake a network of emboldened activists who trust women to handle abortion on their own terms.