Panola Project, The

[Available Jan. 20 at 8:00 a.m. MST to Jan. 30 at 10:59 p.m. MST at https://festival.sundance.org/program/#film-info/61ae1bae14aef725891c43ba at the Sundance Film Festival; for tickets, log on to https://festival.sundance.org/tickets/#] Rachael DeCruz and Jeremy S. Levine's engaging, award-winning, inspirational, heartwarming, 16-minute documentary that follows the heroic, valiant efforts of doggedly determined, retired, widowed, convenience store owner Dorothy Oliver and county commissioner Drucilla Russ-Jackson who diligently work together to try and convince through hard work, kindness, and humor more than 350 primarily Black and skeptical rural residents (LaDenzel Colvin, et al.) of Panola, Ala., to get vaccinated against COVID-19 at a vaccine coordination center and ultimately were successful in getting 99% to get their shots.
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