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Sundance Documentary ‘A New Kind of Wilderness’ Tracks Family Whose Dream Life Is Marred by ‘Devastating’ Loss
Norway’s Silje Evensmo Jacobsen talks Sundance documentary ‘A New Kind of Wilderness,’ grief and living off the grid.
Norwegian documentary filmmaker Silje Evensmo Jacobsen wanted to follow a family living the dream. I discovered it 10 years ago,” the director of “A New Kind of Wilderness” – which has its world premiere Friday at Sundance Film Festival – about the mother of four who, alongside her partner Nik, decided to live on a farm, surrounded by nature. Although life in accordance with nature, far away from everyday hustle seems appealing to many, Jacobsen didn’t want to idealize their existence.
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