Surprisingly, some big festivals like Robert Redford's Sundance Film Festival regularly feature more conservative documentaries, although they appear not to be as political in nature as many of the left wing entries. Personality driven documentaries are more acceptable for the most part, which leaves a lot of conservative filmakers out in the cold. Variety: Over the years, Sundance has been famously friendly to eco-themed docs, providing high-profile premieres for films such as "An Inconvenient Truth" and "The Cove," as well as political hot potatoes like "Why We Fight" and "8: The Mormon Proposition" (about gay marriage). Among fests, Sundance is hardly alone in offering a platform to left-leaning docs. Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11" won the Palme d'Or at Cannes, while Alex Gibney's "Taxi to the Dark Side" is just one of many lefty Tribeca offerings. By contrast, "2016: Obama's America" co-directors Dinesh D'Souza and John Sullivan avoided the U.S. fest circuit...(Read Full Post)