How Documentary Went Off the Rails
Streamers were once smitten with small stories. Then came celebs, sports stars and true crime. But at Sundance, glimmers that a tiny gold rush could be back
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By almost any metric, the lineup of documentaries at last month’s Sundance Film Festival were bold, ecl…