Science at Sundance 2020 The Reason I Jump , Jerry Rothwell, director , MetFilm Sales, 2020, 82 minutes. The Social Dilemma , Jeff Orlowski, director , Exposure Labs, 2020, 93 minutes. Okavango: River of Dreams (Director's Cut) , Dereck Joubert and Beverly Joubert, directors , Terra Mater Factual Studios and Wildlife Films, 2019, 94 minutes. Spaceship Earth , Matt Wolf,

Abstract

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 author's 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 year's Sundance Film Festival were urgent, insightful, and well suited for the event's 2020 theme of "imagined futures." Read on to see what our reviewers thought of six of the festival's featured films.