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At Least One Sundance Documentary Sold for Millions. But the Director, Geeta Gandbhir, Still Thinks Docs Are in Big Trouble.

At Least One Sundance Documentary Sold for Millions. But the Director, Geeta Gandbhir, Still Thinks Docs Are in Big Trouble.

"They're not coming to save us. We have to save ourselves.”

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At Least One Sundance Documentary Sold for Millions. But the Director, Geeta Gandbhir, Still Thinks Docs Are in Big Trouble.
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Director Geeta Gandbhir

Geeta Gandbhir is one of only a handful of women of color who consistently directs films for the big platforms.

For HBO she directed Black and Missing, I Am Evidence, How We Get Free, and Eyes on the Prize III. For Netflix she directed the upcoming Katrina: Come Hell or High Water. For Peacock she directed Lowndes County and the R…

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