Come Together: The International Tolerance Project

Come Together: The International Tolerance Project
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This January, The Utah Museum of Fine Arts will host The International Tolerance Project: Promoting Through Design in its “ACME Lab” wing of the museum. … read more

Slamdance Film Festival 2019 – Boni Bonita

Slamdance Film Festival 2019 – Boni Bonita
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Boni Bonita was shot over three years and magnificently across three formats: Super 16, 16 mm and digital. “When writing this film, I always pictured it with a nostalgic look,” says Barosa. … read more

Slamdance 2019 Film – Desolation Center and the Birth of the Modern Music Festival

Slamdance 2019 Film – Desolation Center and the Birth of...
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This year, the Slamdance Film Festival will debut Desolation Center, the story of the early iconoclasts of DIY culture and the roots of modern, outdoor music and performing-arts festivals. … read more

Giving Salt Lake’s Youth a Voice: Spy Hop’s Film Program

Giving Salt Lake’s Youth a Voice: Spy Hop’s Film Program
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Salt Lake City’s Spy Hop is a nonprofit organization based around after school programs that promote high school students finding their voices. Whether it’s through video game design, music/audio or film, there’s something available for every student. … read more

Changing the Narrative – Diana Whitten of Film Fatales Utah

Changing the Narrative – Diana Whitten of Film Fatales Utah
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Vessel is one part of Whitten’s repertoire as a director, and she is also an influencer within the organization Film Fatales, whose Utah chapter she established. … read more

Aquaman

Aquaman
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Aquaman is fun, but as I’ve said in the past, you have to modify your brain to sleep mode and enjoy the silliness, as it can be preposterously idiotic at others. No one walking into the theater should expect anything more than underwater soldiers riding sharks, seahorses and whales while engaged in heavy combat. … read more

Dualist – A Film-Production Company Keeping Art in Artists’ Hands

Dualist – A Film-Production Company Keeping Art in Artists’ Hands
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Dualist produces small-budget, independent films nationwide. Wigham is the founder of Big Cartel, a tech company based in SLC that helps independent artists create websites to sell and market their merchandise. … read more

Slamdance Festival 2019 – Markie in Milwaukee

Slamdance Festival 2019 – Markie in Milwaukee
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This documentary follows Markie Wenzel, a transgender woman and former fundamentalist Baptist preacher, on her journey discovering her gender identity. It begins with her initial transition then, as the strain of rejection from church and family wear on her, the process of de-transitioning. … read more

Slamdance Film Festival 2019 – The Vast of Night

Slamdance Film Festival 2019 – The Vast of Night
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Aside from radio, much of the film revolves around the exploration of then-newfound technology—tape recorders, broadband interference and fluorescent lights. This plot point provides The Vast of Night with a timely message. … read more

Dirty God at Sundance Film Festival 2019 – Scars as Beauty Marks

Dirty God at Sundance Film Festival 2019 – Scars as...
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Dutch director Sacha Polak’s Sundance 2019 film, Dirty God, opens with what almost looks like an alluring red-rock landscape. The up-close shot soon reveals that it’s the acid-scarred skin of lead character Jade, played by Vicky Knight. … read more

Content Shifter: 9 Streaming Series from 2009

Content Shifter: 9 Streaming Series from 2009
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TV had a pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty good 2009, as well. Here are nine iconic-to-obscure shows that debuted 10 years ago to stream while pondering what the hell you’ve done with your life. … read more

SLUG Style: Rebecca Baker

SLUG Style: Rebecca Baker
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Rebecca Baker is a librarian and grad student. She is a paper and print maker, and has her own zine called That Smarts. … read more