Sundance directors discuss taking on controversial issues. Doc Club curator Thom Powers will be moderating the panel. Featuring Josh Kriegman (Weiner), Dawn Porter (Trapped), Dylan Reeve (Tickled), and Kim Snyder (Newtown). Join us for coffee and conversation at the Sundance TV House. More information here

Members can join us for Doc Club's HOT BUTTON TOPICS panel on January 22nd at 1:00pm at the Sundance TV House (268 Main St., Park City, UT). To RSVP, email [email protected] by January 20th with Doc Club username and subject "HOTBUTTON".

An exclusive panel with the filmmakers of TAKE 5: JUSTICE IN AMERICA. Doc Club curator Thom Powers will be moderating the panel, featuring Sheena Joyce, Don Argott, Razan Ghalayini, Sheldon Candis, and Rachel Lears, as they discuss their five minute documentaries. More information here

Members can join us for Doc Club's TAKE 5: JUSTICE IN AMERICA panel on January 23rd at 10:30am at the Sundance TV House (268 Main St., Park City, UT). To redeem, email [email protected] by January 21st with Doc Club username and subject "TAKE5".

From 2011 to 2013, hundreds of regulations were passed restricting access to abortion in America. Reproductive rights advocates refer to these as “TRAP” laws, or Targeted Regulations of Abortion Providers. TRAP laws have swept across the country, especially the South, where most clinics are in a desperate battle for survival. TRAPPED interweaves the personal stories of a fearless physician who crisscrosses the country assuring that medical services are available, the stalwart women and men who run the clinics, the lawyers leading the charge to eradicate these laws, and ultimately to the women they are all determined to help. More information here

Members can enter to win a pair of free tickets to TRAPPED on January 26th at 3:30pm at Redstone Cinema 1 (6030 Market St., Park City, UT). To redeem, email [email protected] by January 23rd with Doc Club username and subject "TRAPPED".

Sundance directors discuss navigating high profile subjects. Doc Club curator Thom Powers will be moderating the panel. Featuring Heidi Ewing (Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You) and Fenton Bailey (Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures). Join us for coffee and conversation at the Sundance TV House. More information here

Members can join us for Doc Club's DOCUMENTING CELEBRITY panel on January 27th at 1:00pm at the Sundance TV House (268 Main St., Park City, UT). To RSVP, email [email protected] by January 25th with Doc Club username and subject "CELEBRITY.

After stumbling upon a bizarre “competitive endurance tickling” video online, wherein young men are paid to be tied up and tickled, reporter David Farrier reaches out to request a story from the company. But the reply he receives is shocking—the sender mocks Farrier's sexual orientation and threatens extreme legal action should he dig any deeper. So, like any good journalist confronted by a bully, he does just the opposite: he travels to the hidden tickling facilities in Los Angeles and uncovers a vast empire, known for harassing and harming the lives of those who protest their involvement in these films. The more he investigates, the stranger it gets, discovering secret identities and criminal activity. More information here

Members can enter to win a pair of free tickets to TICKLED on January 28th at 9:00pm at the Library Center Theatre (1225 Park Ave., Park City, UT). To redeem, email [email protected] by January 25th with Doc Club username and subject "TICKLED".

For many Israelis, the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995 marked a grim turning point for their country. In the words of the commission set up to investigate the murder, "Israeli society [would] never be the same again. As a democracy, political assassination was not part of our culture." In the eyes of even more people, the murder ended all hope for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process through the Oslo Accords and altered the course of history. But, as Amos Gitai sets out to prove in his brave and provocative new film, Rabin's assassination was not just the act of one fanatic; it was the culmination of a hate campaign that emanated from the rabbis and public figures of Israel's far right. More information here

Members can enter to win a pair of free tickets to RABIN, THE LAST DAY on January 29th at Lincoln Plaza (1886 Broadway, New York, NY). To redeem, email [email protected] by January 27th with Doc Club username and subject "RABIN".

Curious about contemporary cinema from the Middle East? Join us at the 26th Annual Festival of Films from Iran at the Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The role of women in modern Iranian society plays a large part in many of the films at this year's festival. The lineup includes YAHYA DIDN'T KEEP QUIET, TIME TO LOVE and AVALANCHE. More information here

Members can enter to win a pair of free tickets to any film at the 26th ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF FILMS FROM IRAN from February 6-28th at the Gene Siskel Film Center (164 North State St, Chicago, IL). To redeem, email [email protected] ASAP with Doc Club username and subject "IRAN". Please note, seating is availabe on a first come, first serve basis.

Join us at the 13th Annual Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, the largest cinema event in Montana, showcasing films by Lucy Walker (WASTELAND) and Ondi Timoner (DIG!). Receive access to all films, all special events and VIP parties, and the DocShop filmmakers conference. More information here

Members can enter to win a pair of all-access passes to BIG SKY FILM FESTIVAL, February 19-28th at the Big Sky Film Institute (113 W. Front Street, Missoula, MT). To redeem, email [email protected] by February 16th with Doc Club username and subject "BIGSKY".

Join us at the 26th Annual Cinequest Film Festival, voted Best Film Festival by USA Today readers. The lineup includes films by directors Gavin Hood (ENDER'S GAME), Simon Stone (BEING VENICE), and Philippe Falardeau (MONSIER LAZHAR). More information here

Members can enter to win a pair of free tickets to any film at the 26th ANNUAL CINEQUEST FILM FESTIVAL, March 1-13th at the Camera 12 Cinemas (201 S Second St, San Jose, CA 95113). To redeem, email [email protected] by February 25th with Doc Club username and subject "CINEQUEST".