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DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION Sixteen world-premiere American documentaries that illuminate the ideas, people, and events that shape the present day. Alive Inside: A Story of Music & Memory / U.S.A. (Director: Michael Rossato-Bennett) Five million Americans suffer from Alzheimer's disease and dementiamany of them alone in nursing homes. A man with a simple idea discovers that songs embedded deep in memory can ease pain and awaken these fading minds. Joy and life are resuscitated, and our cultural fears over aging are confronted. All the Beautiful Things/ U.S.A. (Director: John Harkrider) John and Barron are lifelong friends whose friendship is tested when Barron's girlfriend says Barron put a knife to her throat and raped her. Not knowing she has lied, John tells her to go to the police. Years later, John and Barron meet in a bar to resolve the betrayal. CAPTIVATED The Trials of Pamela Smart / U.S.A., United Kingdom (Director: Jeremiah Zagar) In an extraordinary and tragic American story, a small town murder becomes one of the highest profile cases of all time. From its historic role as the first televised trial to the many books and movies made about it, the film looks at the medias enduring impact on the case. The Case Against 8/ U.S.A. (Directors: Ben Cotner, Ryan White) A behind-the-scenes look inside the case to overturn California's ban on same-sex marriage. Shot over five years, the film follows the unlikely team that took the first federal marriage equality lawsuit to the U.S. Supreme Court. Cesar's Last Fast/ U.S.A. (Directors: Richard Ray Perez, Lorena Parlee) Inspired by Catholic social teaching, Cesar Chavez risked his life fighting for Americas poorest workers. The film illuminates the intensity of one mans devotion and personal sacrifice, the birth of an economic justice movement, and tells an untold chapter in the story of civil rights in America. Dinosaur 13/ U.S.A. (Director: Todd Miller) The true tale behind one of the greatest discoveries in history. DAY ONE FILM E-TEAM / U.S.A. (Directors: Katy Chevigny, Ross Kauffman) E-TEAM is driven by the high-stakes investigative work of four intrepid human rights workers, offering a rare look at their lives at home and their dramatic work in the field. Fed Up/ U.S.A. (Director: Stephanie Soechtig) Fed Up blows the lid off everything we thought we knew about food and weight loss, revealing a 30-year campaign by the food industry, aided by the U.S. government, to mislead and confuse the American public, resulting in one of the largest health epidemics in history.