Here is the slate of 101 films selected for the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, announced Wednesday. • Three recently escaped convicts in Orange County, Calif., take an elderly Vietnamese cab driver hostage in this film, directed by Sing J. Lee, written by Lee and Christopher Chen, and based on a true story . Starring Hiệp Trần Nghĩa, Dustin Nguyen, Dali Benssalah, Phi Vũ and Gabrielle Chan.
• Four Black transgender sex workers look at the divide between themselves and the Black community, confronting issues they have long avoided, in this documentary directed by D. Smith.• Writer-director Qasim Basir returns with a story about Muhammad , who returns home to Detroit to settle his late stepfather’s accounts, while also struggling with addiction and depression. Also starring Skye P. Marshall, Omari Hardwick, Cory Hardrict, Dana Gourrier, Maryam Basir.