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A Thousand and One wins Grand Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival
Acclaimed video and short film director A.V. Rockwell's feature debut premieres in theaters March 31
A.V. Rockwell's feature debut A Thousand and One won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.
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The film, which premiered at Sundance on January 22, follows Inez (Teyana Taylor), a mother in New York City who will go to extreme lengths to keep her son out of the foster-care system.
On the official festival website, Sundance described the film as "an elegant ode to the terribly beautiful power of family as an anchor in an ever-changing world, making us into who we are in ways we can only haltingly understand."
In a review for the film, Variety wrote, "...Rockwell uses the full range of cinematic expressivity to turn a small, often tragic story of raw deals and rash decisions into an admiring portrait of survivorship, determination and resourcefulness." Similarly, Deadline said there is "so much to appreciate about A.V. Rockwell’s A Thousand and One."
A Thousand and One premieres in theaters on March 31, 2023.