Sundance Film Review: Flee

Posted on January 30, 2021 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

Flee is a magnificent achievement in directing, and a genuine game changer for documentaries as an artform. … read more

Sundance Film Review: On the Count of Three

Posted on January 30, 2021 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

Jerrod Carmichael’s On the Count of Three is an interesting commentary on the difference between angry self-pity and true mental illness. … read more

Sundance Film Review: How It Ends

Posted on January 29, 2021 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

Zoe Lister-Jones & Daryl Wein’s pre-apocalyptic How It Ends is slight and forgettable, but it is an enjoyable little excursion. … read more

Sundance Film Review: Coda

Posted on January 29, 2021 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

Coda perfectly encapsulates the idea of challenging narrow viewpoints regrading the ways we communicate, the ways we live and the ways we love. … read more

Education and Inspiration: Blue Sky Institute

Posted on February 4, 2021 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

The Blue Sky Institute uses education and community engagement as the foundation for a wide array of grassroots projects. … read more

The West View Is You

Posted on February 4, 2021 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

(L–R) Managing Editor Charlotte Fife-Jepperson and Executive Director Turner C. Bitton strive to let SLC’s Westside reflect itself as a culturally rich community in The West View publication.

The West View is here as a reminder to all of Salt Lake City that there is a culturally rich and closely knit community that exists here. … read more

Virtualized: Herring

Posted on February 4, 2021 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

(L–R) Devin Richie, Nate Richie, Emma Roberts, Caine Wenner and Lexie Wilson come together with sounds that each individual member of the band identifies with.

The five-member ensemble Herring creates sounds that do not fit into one specific category—a unique separation from genre labeling. … read more

Transformational Activism: Breaking the School-to-Prison Pipeline with Save the Kids

Posted on February 4, 2021 (May 21, 2024) by Asha Pruitt

(L–R) Save the Kids Southwest Chapter members National Coordinator of National Week Against School Pushout Chelsie Acosta, Bella Ochoa, Brock Smith, Regional Coordinator Wes Wesson, National Director of Personnel Mac Allred, Jahne’ Johnson and National Director of Outreach Anthony Nocella.

Save the Kids is a national nonprofit devoted to keeping youth from being institutionalized in the carceral system. … read more

Building Rome: Navigating Trans Identity with Natalie Day

Posted on February 4, 2021 (July 12, 2023) by Asha Pruitt

For Natalie Day, building Rome took time. Although she faced challenges, it was overcoming those challenges that have made her who she is. … read more