Sundance 2023: Joonam, A Still Small Voice, Bad Press | Festivals & Awards

There have been many documentaries about first responders in the age of Covid, but A Little Voice may be the best for examining them within the Great Resignation Framework collection.

finally, “bad press,” Rebecca Landsbury-Baker and Joe Peller’s sharp look at how local politics collide with press freedom in the Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma, focusing mostly on how one journalist’s fight isn’t just about her job, but the wave of change that can ripple across the country Hindi.

Angel Ellis is a reporter for Mvskoke Media in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. On November 8th, 2018, members of the National Assembly voted to repeal the Freedom of the Press Act, which itself was only ratified in 2015. The repeal comes a year after a sexual harassment scandal was exposed by a fellow journalist. In the Council, a few months before the next elections.

The document includes footage of the vote being overturned, as well as several other important votes after one council member initiated a proposal to codify press freedom in their constitution (itself only dates back to 1979). Landsberry-Baker and Peeler manage to capture that feeling — many times — in your stomach that occurs when you watch the votes roll in an election that has severe ramifications depending on its outcome.

Along with Angel and her various colleagues, in tracing the movement’s journey into blogging, interviewing filmmakers…