Sundance Film Festival
The 2024 Sundance Film Festival runs January 18 through 28 and celebrates independent storytelling both in person and online at the 40th edition of the Sundance Film Festival.
The Sundance Film Festival is the ultimate gathering of original storytellers and audiences seeking new voices and fresh perspectives. The annual program includes dramatic and documentary features, short films, and episodic content. There are also daily filmmaker conversations, panel discussions, and other events. Since 1985, hundreds of films launched at the Festival have gone on to gain critical acclaim and reach new audiences worldwide.
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Ericka Nicole Malone Entertainment Celebrates Diversity in Filmmaking at Sundance
Posted January 23rd, 2023Ericka Nicole Malone ignited conversations centered on diversity and inclusion during Sundance by hosting a series of panels and a night of entertainment featuring performances by independent artists through her company, Ericka Nicole Malone Entertainment.
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"Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project" Worthy of Jury Prize for Documentary
Posted January 23rd, 2023Deft, layered, and complex, Going to Mars challenges viewers in the best way. Giovanni and her work remain open to interpretation, and the film is careful not to make our minds up for us about what it all means. As co-director Michele Stephenson stated elegantly after the screening, “black women’s joy is at the center.” She and co-director Joe Brewster brought ten other members of their production team onstage.
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RadioACTive 01.23.23
Posted January 23rd, 2023Week 1 of the Utah Legislature saw bills seeking to halt affirmative treatment and surgery for transgender youth. RadioACTive passes the mic to Sue Robbins of Equality Utah's Transgender Advisory Council and Jeri Brummett, now former SL County GOP Parliamentarian. Plus, Sundance and Slamdance updates.
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"The Mad Writer" Featuring Music Producer L'Orange Premieres at Slamdance
Posted January 23rd, 2023A film editor by trade, Zachary Kashkett never planned to direct a documentary. But he has edited enough of them to know that his childhood friend Austin Hart, better known by his stage name L'Orange, had a story worth telling. In 2015, a year after making his initial pitch, Kashkett began filming the independent music producer to create what would become his directorial debut, "The Mad Writer." The documentary was over eight years in the making, culminating in the Slamdance premiere in Park City on January 20.
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