The Sundance Channel is coming to Canada.
Robert Redford’s film and lifestyle channel is set to debut in March, and focuses on independent film, world cinema, documentaries and original series.
Corus Entertainment and Rainbow Media say the Sundance Channel will replace existing channel Drive In Classics.
“Sundance Channel is a unique movies and lifestyle channel that will provide a diverse and engaging selection of films, documentaries and original programs that are typically not offered by other services in Canada,” said John Cassaday, president and CEO, Corus Entertainment, in a release. “Corus is proud of the opportunity to launch this world-renowned brand in Canada and enhance the quality and breadth of programming for our audiences.”
Programming will include movies like the 1984 John Sayles urban fantasy The Brother from Another Planet, Dae-wung Lim’s horror picture Bloody Reunion and Errol Morris’s look at pet cemeteries in the 1978 documentary, Gates of Heaven.
Original series will include Isabella Rossellini’s critically acclaimed Green Porno, which looks at the reproductive habits of marine animals and The Lazy Environmentalist, a guide to easy green living.
The Sundance channel debuts March 1, 2010.
