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class="content__text" As the @sundanceorg film festival kicks off today, here are five stories that inspire us to dream big and do more. From a documentary that explores the shape of optimism and resilience, to a gripping tale about a grassroots organization’s dogged fight for the right to abortion, these moving stories are ones to watch. #sundance 🎬Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie This new film from @DavisGuggenheim follows an actor’s improbable journey to stardom, from his beginnings as a short kid from a Canadian army base to the darling of 1980s Hollywood. In this compelling story, @realmikejfox recounts how a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease threatens to derail his career, illustrating what happens when an incurable optimist confronts an incurable disease. 💊Plan C In the aftermath of the 2022 Dobbs SCOTUS decision overturning Roe v. Wade, this film follows grassroots organization @planCpills in the fight to expand access to abortion pills across the United States. Its documentation of the team’s tireless fight for the future of abortion is a call to action that has the power to motivate and replace fear with hope. ✨Invisible Beauty The pioneering Black model, modeling agent, and activist @bethannhardison changed the fashion industry forever. This documentary follows the story of her life, shining a light on an untold chapter in the fight for racial diversity. ⏳Milisuthando This incisive coming-of-age personal essay traverses time to explore the director’s experience growing up in an apartheid-era South Africa. The film explores topics of love and what it means to be human. 🍎Food + Country America’s policy of producing cheap food at all costs threatens the livelihood of the small independent farmers, ranchers, and chefs who are essential to our food system. In this film, trailblazing food writer @ruth.reichl reaches out across political and social divides to uncover the country’s broken food system and the innovators risking it all to transform it.

January 25, 2023