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In the second dispatch of his Sundance 2014 diary, MovieMaker correspondent Jeff Meyers talks Locke, international distribution strategy and a…
MovieMaker correspondent Jeff Meyers brings us a behind-the-scenes look at independent film's finest, the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. “A shuttle,…