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Movies featuring actors Daniel Radcliffe, Ellen Page,
Elisabeth Moss and pop singer Nick Jonas will also be screened
at the 11-day festival in Utah in January that was founded by
actor Robert Redford to promote independent movie-making.
The Obama romance will be featured in "Southside With You,"
which is set on a summer afternoon in 1989 when the future U.S.
president wooed his future wife on a first date on Chicago's
South Side neighborhood. Obama will be played by up-and-coming
British actor Parker Sawyers with Tika Sumpter playing Michelle.
In "Equity," former "Breaking Bad" star Anna Gunn stars as a
female investment banker fighting for promotion at a Wall Street
firm by leading a controversial tech IPO.
The December 2012 massacre of 26 children and teachers at Sandy
Hook elementary school gets a documentary treatment in "Newtown"
which looks at the effect of the mass shooting on the town.
Other documentaries include "Jim," a look at the life of
American journalist Jim Foley who was beheaded by Islamic State
militants in 2014, and "Trapped" which examines the fight faced
by abortion clinics in the United States.
Jonas will play a lead role in a feature film on the college
fraternity scene called "Goat," while former "Harry Potter" star
Radcliffe appears in "Swiss Army Man" about a stranded man on an
epic journey home.
The Sundance Film Festival, which also features independent
movies from nations including Germany, Chile, China and
Colombia, runs from Jan 21-31.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Sandra Maler)
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