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67. Sundance Film Festival 2022: Aftershock, Free Chol Soo Lee, Huella, Stranger Than Rotterdam with Sara Driver, The Worst Person in the World

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Our last 2022 Sundance Film Festival review episode is here! Rosa and Cat review:

"Aftershock"

Dir. Paula Eiselt and Tonya Lewis Lee

Follows two bereaved fathers who galvanize activists, birth-workers and physicians to reckon with the U.S. maternal health crisis after losing their partners due to preventable childbirth complications.

"Free Chol Soo Lee"

Dir. Julie Ha and Eugene Yi

In 1973, 20-year-old Korean immigrant Chol Soo Lee is racially profiled and arrested in a gang-related murder in San Francisco's Chinatown. After a trial hinging on questionable accounts from white tourists, Lee is convicted and sentenced to life in prison. He spends years fighting to survive until investigative journalist K.W. Lee takes a special interest in his case, igniting an unprecedented social justice movement that would unite Asian Americans and inspire a new generation of activists.

"Huella"

Dir. Gabriela Ortega

When the death of her grandmother unleashes a generational curse, a disenchanted flamenco dancer resigned to a desk job is forced to experience the five stages of grief through a visit from her female ancestors, pushing her to finally break the cycle.

"Stranger than Rotterdam with Sara Driver"

Dir. Lewie Kloster and Noah Kloster

The completion of Jim Jarmusch's film 'Stranger Than Paradise' depended on producer Sara Driver's willingness and ability to smuggle one of the world's weirdest and most controversial films across the Atlantic Ocean.

"The Worst Person in the World"

Dir. Joachim Trier

A young woman battles indecisiveness as she traverses the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career path.