The Sundance Reel
Annually in January
The Wasatch Back's favorite local radio station and NPR affiliate is in the middle of the action, emotion and filmmaking of the Sundance Film Festival. Our veteran news team brings fresh interviews every morning with filmmakers, industry professionals and film festival insiders.
The Sundance Reel is produced by Beth Fratkin.
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Three members of an extended Afghan family start their lives over in Iran as refugees, unaware they face a decades-long struggle ahead to be at home in the film "In the Land of Brothers." Co-director Raha Amirfazli talks about the film and the situation of people in Iran.
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In India Donaldson’s intimate feature debut, during a weekend backpacking trip in the Catskills, 17-year-old Sam contends with the competing egos of her father and his oldest friend.
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Salt Lake Tribune's Palak Jayswal and Alex Vejar talk about the experience of covering this year's Sundance Film Festival, the festival's future, and share some of their favorite films.
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Mats Steen, a Norwegian gamer, died of a degenerative muscular disease at the age of 25. His parents mourned what they thought had been a lonely and isolated life, when they started receiving messages from online friends around the world. Director Benjamin Ree delivers a heartwarming and adventurous journey through the breadth of Steen’s digital life and his profound impact on a community in "Ibelin."
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Four young girls prepare for a special Daddy Daughter Dance with their incarcerated fathers, as part of a unique fatherhood program in a Washington, D.C. jail. "Daughters," directed by Angela Patton and Natalie Rae, is a moving lesson in empathy and forgiveness, and a result of an eight-year documentary journey.
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Utah Film Center proudly champions filmmakers through its Fiscal Sponsorship program and the organization’s Co-Founder and Board Chair, Geralyn White Dreyfous, an acclaimed and award-winning documentarian and producer. The program simplifies the funding process for independent filmmakers, allowing them to make movies that connect communities and tell new stories.
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New Zealand–born groundbreaking CNN camerawoman Margaret Moth risks it all to show the reality of war from inside the conflict, staring down danger and confronting those who perpetuate it.
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The Maynards and their children lead an almost perfect billionaire family life. Amon is a passionate hunter, but doesn’t shoot animals, as the family’s wealth allows them to live totally free from consequences.
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The Amazon Labor Union (ALU) — a group of current and former Amazon workers in New York City’s Staten Island — takes on one of the world’s largest and most powerful companies in the fight to unionize.
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Startups are using AI to create avatars that allow relatives to talk with their loved ones after they have died. An exploration of a profound human desire and the consequences of turning the dream of immortality into a product.