, Mario Van Peebles» re-creation
of father Melvin's struggle to make the 1970s black - power
flick Sweet Sweetback's Baad Asssss Song; Kinsey, a film biography
of sex researcher Alfred Kinsey, with Liam Neeson in the title
role; and Primer, a twisting techno - thriller that won the top dramatic honor at last winter's Sundance Film Festival.