Sundance 2010 Preview: THE TILLMAN STORY

The documentaries featured every year at the Sundance Film Festival are always worth watching out for, and 2010 seems to be no exception.  Take THE TILLMAN STORY, for instance, an emotionally engaging story that needed to be told brought to life by powerful interviews from Pat Tillman’s friends and family.  This film, from director Amir Bar-Lev (MY KID COULD PAINT THAT) looks to be not only one of the better documentaries at this years Sundance, it looks to be one of the most moving films of the entire festival.

Official synopsis:

Please note, the film has been renamed to THE TILLMAN STORY, but was previously titled I’M PAT ___ TILLMAN.

Pat Tillman gave up his professional football career to join the Army Rangers in 2002—and became an instant symbol of patriotic fervor and unflinching duty. But the truth about Pat Tillman is far more complex, and ultimately more heroic, than the caricature created by the media. And when the government tried to turn his death into war propaganda, they took on the wrong family. From her home in the Santa Cruz mountains, Pat’s mother, Dannie Tillman, led the family’s crusade to reveal the truth beneath the mythology of their son’s life and death.

Featuring candid and revelatory interviews with Pat’s fellow soldiers as well as his family, Amir Bar-Lev’s emotional and insightful film not only shines a light on the shady aftermath of Pat’s death and calls to task the entire chain of command but also examines themes as timeless as the notion of heroism itself.—Sundance Film Festival

THE TILLMAN STORY plays at the following times:

Saturday, January 23rd at 3:00 PM at the Temple Theatre in Park City
Sunday, January 24th at 9:30 PM at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center in Salt Lake City
Tuesday, January 26th at 8:30 PM at the Library Center Theatre in Park City
Wednesday, January 27th at 9:00 AM at the Temple Theatre in Park City
Thursday, January 28th at 9:00 PM at the Screening Room in the Sundance Resort
and
Friday, January 29th at 4:00 PM at the Holiday Village Cinema III in Park City