MTV Documentary Films has boarded new projects about an all-girl Afghan robotics team, a #MeToo crime story, an imprisoned mural artist and a community of disabled children in Pakistan. The documen…
has boarded new projects about an all-girl Afghan robotics team, a #MeToo crime story, an imprisoned mural artist and a community of disabled children in Pakistan. The documentaries join a slate that includes Ondi Timoner’s Sundance title “Last Flight Home,” which will be screening at Telluride this week in a rare double festival act.
The “Dig!” director’s acclaimed film follows her family’s journey saying goodbye to their ailing father, who chooses to end his life through assisted suicide. Timoner’s recent movies include opioid crisis doc “Chrysalis” and “Mapplethorpe,” about the photographer Robert Mapplethorpe .Elsewhere on the slate, David Greenwald’s “Afghan Dreamers” follows the members ofwho struggle to succeed in international competitions, while combating their male-dominated culture and the threat of Taliban rule.
In addition to “Last Flight Home,” MTV Documentary Films titles playing at Telluride include the shorts “Angola Do You Hear Us? Voices From a Plantation Prison,” “Anastasia” and “Favorite Daughter.” Logline: On an unremarkable suburban street, we find Eli Timoner in his final days and discover an extraordinary life, one filled with wild achievements, tragic loss and, above all, enduring love. His daughter Ondi shares an unforgettable and stunning verité account of a family courageously, and joyously, facing both life and death.
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