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Brangelina Does Not Star In This Sundance Documentary About Foreign Adoption

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Jan 09 2008 12:00am EDT

Brangelina Does Not Star in This Sundance Documentary About Foreign Adoption

Over the incessant chatter about Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's brood of adopted children and Madonna's Malawian baby comes this from Artnet.com: Artist Vanessa Beecroft, known for her live performance works involving nude women, has decided to become mother to Sudanese twins, and a documentary of her efforts will be featured at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival opening next week in Park City, Utah.

Plot summary from the film's website:

The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins is a timely documentary exploring the first world woman's aspirations to adopt from a developing country. And the risks to her marriage and her career that one woman takes to "save" Sudanese twins.

Watch an excerpt of the film here.

Below is a video of the performance piece Beecroft staged at last year's Venice Biennale. Titled VB61 Still Death! Darfur Still Deaf?, it's meant to comment on the genocide in Sudan's Darfur region.

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