Netflix Buys Sundance Film Festival Favorite Award Winner ‘Giving Voice’
Dave McNary Film ReporterNetflix has acquired the documentary “Giving Voice” and will release it on the streaming service later this year.“Giving Voice” won the Sundance Film Festival favorite award, a plaudit that’s selected by audience votes from the 128 features screened at the 2020 event.Directed by James D. Stern and Fernando Villena, “Giving Voice” follows the lives of six students as they compete against fellow high schoolers from around the country in the August Wilson Monologue Competition in New York City.