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1990 Sundance Film Festival

The 1990 Sundance Film Festival featured a special tribute to the director Richard Lester (A HARD DAY'S NIGHT, HOW I WON THE WAR, ROBIN AND MARIAN), a tribute to the first black filmmaker to create a body of work in modern Hollywood, Melvin Van Peebles (THE STORY OF A THREE-DAY PASS, WATERMELON MAN, SWEET SWEETBACK'S BAADASSSSSS SONG), a special section of Colombian Cinema, a special section of films from Kazakhstan, as well as a series of films from recently deceased men reflecting a range of concerns: Director Sergio Leone, Director/Producer David Loxton, Screenwriter Waldo Salt and Journalist I.F. Stone. Films that achieved recognition following their premieres at the 1990 Sundance Film Festival included: HOLLYWOOD MAVERICKS, SWEETIE, ROGER AND ME, LONGTIME COMPANION, METROPOLITAN and TO SLEEP WITH ANGER.

Awards

Audience Award Documentary
Berkeley in the Sixties
Audience Award Dramatic
Longtime Companion
Excellence in Cinematography Award Documentary
H - 2 Worker
Excellence in Cinematography Award Dramatic
House Party
Filmmaker Trophy Documentary
Metamorphosis: Man into Woman
Filmmaker Trophy Dramatic
House Party
Filmmaker Trophy Dramatic
House Party
Grand Jury Prize Documentary
H - 2 Worker
Grand Jury Prize Documentary
Water and Power
Grand Jury Prize Dramatic
Chameleon Street
Special Jury Recognition
Samsara: Death and Rebirth in Cambodia
Special Jury Recognition
To Sleep with Anger

Credits

Susan Frömke
Documentary Competition Juror
Christine Choy
Documentary Competition Juror
Michael Renov
Documentary Competition Juror
Ed Lachman
Documentary Competition Juror
Orlando Bagwell
Documentary Competition Juror
Steven Soderbergh
Dramatic Competition Juror
Alfre Woodard
Dramatic Competition Juror
Kathryn Bigelow
Dramatic Competition Juror
Armond White
Dramatic Competition Juror
Morgan Fisher
Dramatic Competition Juror
Tony Safford
Director of Programming, Sundance Film Festival
 

Panels

All the Films Fit to Review: Media Coverage and the Independent CinemaDamn The Torpedos
Producing The Independent Documentary-Multi Program Seminar SeriesPublic Funding And Media Arts
Richard Lester!: A Knack For ComedyThere's Nothing Ancillary About It:Video Marketing

Projects

! Teatro! A Bird for all Seasons
A Cup of Tea A Hard Day’s Night
A Man of Principle A Matter of Degrees
A Time to Die (Tiempo De Morir) Agnes Escapes from the Nursing Home
Arcata Brain Closet At Arm’s Length
Berkeley in the Sixties Blind Curve
Blue Lobster (Langosta Azul) Blue Steel
Cause and Effect Chameleon Street
Cinema Paradiso Conquering Space
Current Events Dance of Hope
Dancing for Mr.B.: Six Balanchine Ballerinas Details of a Duel/A Matter Of Honor (Tecnicas De Duelo)
Dogs of Paris Duck, You Sucker
First Love Four from the New Yorker
Funky Beat H - 2 Worker
Hairway to the Stars He Was Once
Hollywood Mavericks Home
House Party How I Won the War
How to be Louise I.F. Stone's Weekly
I.F.Stone’s Weekly Identity Crisis
In The Blood Interview with Anne Frank
Iron and Silk James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
Last Images of the Shipwreck Law of the Jungle (La Ley Del Monte)
Little Feet Little Fish in Love
Longtime Companion Loon
Love at Large Love, Women and Flowers (Amor, Mujeres Y Flores)
Manchild Manic Denial
Metamorphosis: Man into Woman Metropolitan
Mortal Passions Mr. Hoover and I
My Degeneration Myriam’s Look (La Mirada De Myriam)
Never Leave Nevada No More Disguises
No Pain, No Gain Nuestra Maquina
On Ice Painting the Town: The Illusionistic Murals of Richard Haas
Petulia Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer
Reborn (Nacer De Nuevo) Robin and Marian
Rock Rodrigo D. (No Future) (Rodrigo D. [No Futuro])
Roger and Me Samsara: Death and Rebirth in Cambodia
Sapphire Man Seasick on Dry Land
Secret Wedding Son of Jonah
Sophisticated Gents Soulmate
Stanley and Iris Suelto
Sunlight Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song
Sweetie That Grip
The Accordionist’s Wedding (La Boda Del Accordeonista) The Ambassador from India (El Embajador De La India)
The Blue Room The Day You Love Me (El Dia Que Me Quieras)
The Dogs The Horseplayer
The Kill Off The Killer
The Knack . . . and how to get it The Last Smoker
The Last Stop The Lathe of Heaven
The Long Way Home The Natural History of Parking Lots
The Needle The Other Side of the Moon
The Plot Against Harry The Spider Game (Pisingana)
The Story of a Three - Day Pass (La Permission, Histoire D’Une Perm, The Pass) The Summer Heat
The Ten-Year Lunch: Wit and Legend of the Algonquin Round Table The Three (Fofan)
The Unbelievable Truth The Way of the Wicked
Three Pickup Men for Herrick To Protect Mother Earth
To Sleep with Anger To the Moon, Alice
Toro Trancado (Shut-In)
Vienna is Different: 50 Years after the Anschluss Visa U.S.A.
Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter’s Journey Water and Power
Watermelon Man Winterwheat
Wonderland U.S.A. Ya-Ha
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