The Sojourner Group Presents: “The Child May Not Remember, But the Body Remembers” Featuring the documentary Resilience and a post-film discussion with Dr. Valerie Flattes, APRN, ANP-BC and Robin Smith, BS, SSW, CCM; hosted by Carol J. Matthews-Shifflett, Owner and CEO of The Sojourner Group, and Saundra Stokes, Chief Mission Impact Officer, YWCA, UT. Resilience […]
Westminster College's Black Excellence program presents: "On the topic of Love..." Featuring an evening of student-led discussion hosted by Victoire Soumano with panelists Kyana Hamilton and Jenessa Jimoh focusing on clips from the tv comedy 'grown-ish.' This event is a partnership between Utah Film Center and Black Excellence, which is part of the Student Diversity […]
The first documentary to explore the American family photo album through the eyes of black photographers, Through a Lens Darkly probes the recesses of American history to discover images that have been suppressed, forgotten, and lost. From slavery to the present, these extraordinary images unveil a world confronting the difficult edges of citizenship and what it means to […]
(Re)current Unrest is an evening-length immersive performance installation ‘ritual’ built on the sonic foundation of Steve Reich’s three earliest works: It’s Gonna Rain (parts 1 and 2), Come Out, and Pendulum. This work, created over a two-year development period, utilizes movement, media, and powerful imagery to meditate on the “American Dream” and Black nihilism, born of the current racially […]
Join KRCL for Music Meets Movies: At Home and a screening of the 2018 documentary, MATANGI/MAYA/M.I.A. As a Thank You to everyone for keeping community radio alive, this screening will be FREE for everyone to enjoy from the comforts of their own homes. "Drawn from a cache of personal video recordings from the past 22 […]
Mental Healthy Utah Presents: What's On Your Mind? Ending Stigma In Mental Health This showcase of short films and post-film discussions are brought to you as part of See It This Way and is intended to highlight May as Mental Health Awareness Month. Featured short films: Welcome Mental Health An important discussion with refugee youth in […]
Every year, almost 40,000 people are killed by guns in America. Each shooting devastates and forever changes the victim’s family and friends. The new feature documentary, Behind the Bullet, explores a side of gun violence that’s rarely talked about- the impact a shooting has on the shooter. The film answers the question, what does shooting […]
America’s 325 million residents own an estimated 347 million firearms. Not surprisingly, gun violence has become one of the most urgent public health issues facing Americans today. Holster Films and John Richie, the creator of Shell Shocked, are embarking on their next film project, 91%, which examines the national conversation surrounding gun legislation by looking […]
From Kim A. Snyder, director of the Peabody Award-winning documentary Newtown, comes an insightful, rousing coming-of-age story of a generation of youth leaders determined to take the reigns and fight for justice at a most critical time in our nation’s history. Sparked by the plague of gun violence ravaging their schools, Us Kids chronicles the March For Our […]
Join the Utah Pacific Island Film Series as we celebrate the 9th Annual Utah Pacific Island Heritage Month with our friends and partners at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts and the Utah Film Center. We are excited to show "Nā Kamalei: The Men of Hula" Beyond the stereotypes of "grass skirt girls," Nā Kamalei: The Men of Hula explores a resurgence […]
**Notice** This event has been rescheduled from last week's weather related drive-in cancellation. Please enjoy it as an online screening! Repertory Dance Theatre just completed their 55th anniversary season as a revolutionary institution of modern dance here in Utah. Join them to enjoy a collection of modern dance performances that were filmed during the pandemic. […]
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