Science at Sundance 2020

A counterculture commune seeking a more sustainable lifestyle moves inside an airtight dome. Parents yearning to connect with their autistic children find hope in a Japanese author9s profound testimony. The climate crisis hits home as a tight-knit California community attempts to move forward after a devastating wildfire. From a meandering love letter to an imperiled African ecosystem, to a warning about the motives that underlie social media, the science and technology stories told at this year9s Sundance Film Festival were urgent, insightful, and well suited for the event9s 2020 theme of "imagined futures." Read on to see what our reviewers thought of six of the festival9s featured films.