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Copenhagen Docs Fest CPH:DOX Unveils Bold Lineup With a Sharp Focus on Human Rights
CPH:DOX rolls out a powerhouse lineup with over 200 films, including 94 world premieres, star-studded guests and a sharp focus on human rights.
This year’s guest list is stacked with some of the most visionary figures in contemporary culture, including renowned Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei, Ukrainian feminist Inna Shevchenko, Bulgarian investigative journalist Christo Grozev and Republican Trump critic Adam Kinzinger. CPH:DOX’s star power extends to comedian and filmmaker Jerrod Carmichael, who will make an appearance through the festival’s ongoing collaboration with HBO, and 1960s fashion icon Twiggy – the world’s first supermodel – who will be in Copenhagen for the premiere of Sadie Frost’s doc named after her. Other standout music docs range from “Becoming Madonna” by Michael Ogden, which examines the Material Girl’s stratospheric rise to fame, to Grace Lee and Patty Ahn’s docu dedicated to K-pop powerhouse BTS, “Forever We Are Young,” and Niloufar Taghizadeh’s “Googoosh: Made of Fire,” chronicling the career of the famous Iranian singer.
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