RadioACTive Snapshot: Sundance Palate Cleanser

  • February 10, 2025
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A look at the grassroots activists, community builders, punk rock farmers and DIY makers and musicians on RadioACTive. This episode we look specifically at folks we talked to during Sundance 2025 and how they are processing our currently political climate.

Use the audio player above to hear short clips from some of our favorite segments and catch up on what's happening in your community. Listings below provide links to guests, events, and more.

Connor Estes talks with Reid Davenport, director of the Sundance doc Life After, which was the winner of the US Documentary Special Jury Award. The film is about disabled people's rights to control their own lives and deaths. PBS Independent Lens will broadcast the film later this year.

  • "In 1983, a disabled Californian woman named Elizabeth Bouvia sought the 'right to die,' igniting a national debate about autonomy, dignity, and the value of disabled lives. After years of courtroom trials, Bouvia disappeared from public view. Disabled director Reid Davenport narrates this investigation of what happened to Bouvia."

Estes had the opportunity to sit down the Tadashi "Tad" Nakamura, director of the Sundance Documentary film Third Act. This film looks at his relationship with his father Robert A. Nakamura, known as "the Godfather of Asian American Media" and their connection as filmmakers, connection to family trauma from the Japanese Concentration camps of World War 2, and their relationship with grief and aging as Robert progresses through his diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease.

Val MC talks to Omaha director Cole Webley. His film opened this year's festival. Webley has lived in Utah for over 20 years and is a BYU alumnus. Additionally, most of Omaha was shot in and around Salt Lake City and the state of Utah.

  • Omaha, After a family tragedy, siblings Ella and Charlie are unexpectedly woken up by their dad and taken on a journey across the country, experiencing a world they’ve never seen before. As their adventure unfolds, Ella begins to understand that things might not be what they seem.

Val MC talks with producer Joseph Patel about the new Questlove doc, Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius), which debuted at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. "An examination of the life and legacy of Sly & The Family Stone — the groundbreaking band led by the charismatic and enigmatic Sly Stone — captures the band’s rise, reign, and subsequent fadeout while shedding light on the unseen burden that comes with success for Black artists in America."

How'd you like the snapshot? Share your thoughts, suggestions and observations by calling the RadioACTive hotline: ‪(385) 800-1889‬. Or, send a voicememo to radioactive@krcl.org. Tell us your name and neighborhood, the subject or guest you want to talk about, and leave a short message. 

Guests' views, thoughts, or opinions are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the board, staff, or members of  Community Radio of Utah, KRCL 90.9fm. The RadioACTive team includes:

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