LOS ANGELES, CA and BROOKLYN, NY — Sundance Institute and Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM)
today announced the program of the third annual Sundance Institute at BAM series: 22 feature films
and 36 short films including a selection fresh from the 2008 Sundance Film Festival; filmmaker Q&A
sessions, theater and musical performances, works-in-progress, screenplay readings, art installations and
more. This unique event celebrates the artists and work which Sundance Institute supports year-round
through its Film Festival and the Feature Film, Documentary Film, Theatre and Film Music Programs. The
series runs May 29 through June 8, 2008 in Brooklyn. Citi and The New York Times Community Affairs
Department are the Presenting Sponsors for Sundance Institute at BAM.

2008 SUNDANCE INSTITUTE AT BAM ANNOUNCED

CONVERGENCE OF FILM, MUSIC AND THEATER RUNS MAY 29 — JUNE 8
22 FEATURE FILMS FROM ‘08 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL INCLUDE NY PREMIERES OF:
• AMERICAN SON, Nick Cannon and Melonie Diaz in Neil Abramson’s wartime coming-ofage
story
• AMERICAN TEEN, Award-winning audience favorite from Nanette Burstein
• ANVIL! THE STORY OF ANVIL, Sacha Gervasi’s wonderful account of heavy metal rockers
• CAPTAIN ABU RAED, Major new independent film out of the Middle East
• CHOKE, Wickedly colorful comedy with Sam Rockwell and Anjelica Huston
• GONZO: THE LIFE AND WORK OF DR. HUNTER S. THOMPSON, Alex Gibney’s riveting
biography
• GOOD DICK, Marianna Palka’s quirky romance with Jason Ritter
• THE LINGUISTS, Intimate look at the race to protect indigenous languages from vanishing
• MADE IN AMERICA, Stacy Peralta’s engrossing portrait of South Central L.A.
• STRANDED: I’VE COME FROM A PLANE THAT CRASHED ON THE MOUNTAINS, A
harrowing tale of survival
SERIES HIGHLIGHTS:
• AWARD-WINNING DRAMATIC, DOCUMENTARY AND SHORT FILMS FROM ‘08 FESTIVAL
• SUNDANCE SHORTS SUNDAY: Featuring Isabella Rossellini’s GREEN PORNO, FCU:
FACT CHECKERS UNIT starring Bill Murray and Oscar-Nominated MADAME TUTLI-PUTLI
and LA CORONA (THE CROWN), I MET THE WALRUS, and SALIM BABA
• ADOPT ME, MICHAEL JORDAN, Documentary Work-in-Progress from Award-Winning
producing team Melanie Judd and Susan Motamed
• Screenplay Reading by Alicia Erian (TOWELHEAD)
• New Music from Tony-Nominated Composer Scott Frankel (GREY GARDENS)
• CITIZEN JOSH Monologue by satirist Josh Kornbluth
• Graffiti Research Lab L.A.S.E.R. tags front of the BAM’s Peter Jay Sharp Building
FREE PUBLIC CONCERTS IN BAMCAFÉ INCLUDE:
• HEAVY METAL ROCKERS ANVIL LIVE!
• MULTIMEDIA VIRTUOSO PIANIST ANTHONY DE MARE
• FUNKY PSYCHOADELIC POST-ELECTRONIC COLLECTIVE CHIEN DU FAIENCE