I won’t be attending the opening night film of the 2020 Sundance Film Festival because it reads like an easy movie to take a pass on. A Taylor Swift doc, titled “Miss Americana,” will be screening at the Eccles this evening at 9pm MST. Instead, I’ll be at the Library screening of Justin Simien’s “Bad Hair.”
Regardless, as to whether or not Simien’s film turns out to be a winner, I just can’t waste a precious two hours on a Taylor Swift doc that, if any good, I can easily catch on Netflix next weekend. To hell with that. At least Simien is the director of the critically-acclaimed “Dear White People,” which was much better than the TV adaptation it received a few years back.
Also in the works tomorrow is a screening of “Crip Camp,” another non-fiction film premiering at the Eccles, this one about a summer camp that inspired disability rights. Rarely does the fest open with a doc, let alone two, but it seems as though opening night of this 2020 edition will be a celebration of non-fiction film.