
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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Co-directors Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman talk about "The Alabama Solution" in which incarcerated men defy the odds to expose a cover-up in one of America’s deadliest prison systems.
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Lives intertwine around Green Lake as a girl learns to sail, a boy fights for first chair, two sisters operate a bed-and-breakfast and a fisherman seeks the catch of his life. Director Sierra Falconer shares the stories behind "Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake)."
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In "Khartoum," five stories from Sudan weave together in search of freedom through animated dreams, street revolutions and civil war from the metropolis of Khartoum to their escape in East Africa. Two of the film's directors, Ibrahim Snoopy Ahmad and Timeea Mohamed, talk about the making of the film and the stories they captured.
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In director Max Walker-Silverman's "Rebuilding," a cowboy named Dusty winds up in a FEMA camp after wildfires take his ranch, finding community with others who lost homes, including his daughter and ex-wife.
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Sally Ride's groundbreaking journey as the first American woman in space concealed a deeply personal story. Her life partner, Tam O'Shaughnessy, unveils their covert 27-year romance and its accompanying sacrifices in the film "Sally" directed by Cristina Costantini.
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"Heightened Scrutiny" directed by Sam Feder, fearlessly chronicles civil rights lawyer, Chase Strangio, who battles at the Supreme Court for transgender adolescents' access to life-saving healthcare, confronting not only the legal system but also a media landscape that distorts public perception and threatens the fight for trans rights.
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Composer, musician and producer Simon Taufique talks about the process of scoring music for a film.
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An exploration of Black generational farmers in the American South reveals the fragility of legacy and the significance of owning land.
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Five top-ranked high school oratory students spend a year crafting spellbinding spoken word performances with the dream of winning one of the world’s largest and most intense public speaking competitions.
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As an unprecedented wave of book banning is sparked in Texas, Florida, and beyond, librarians under siege join forces as unlikely defenders fighting for intellectual freedom on the front lines of democracy.