Whether your first time attending Sundance Film Festival was in-person or online, chances are the film premieres, special programming and events helped define the Sundance Film Festival experience. Below, our Outreach and Inclusion Program invites you to explore talks and events in the Beyond Film Program, Festival Village and New Frontier Spaceship that further conversations around equity and representation in the industry as well as centers and uplifts allied organizations, regional collaborators, artists collectives, and more. Most Beyond Film events will provide ASL and all events will have closed captioning. To request additional accommodations for Beyond Film, please contact accessibility@sundance.org or for Festival Village events, contact the host organization. Beyond Film and Festival Village are free with a Festival account. All events below are listed in Mountain Time (MT).
Don't miss these exclusive events that will leave you both entertained and inspired to promote change across our field!
THE LATINX HOUSE
Thursday, January 20 - Sunday, January 23
The Latinx House
We're back! The Latinx House is once again creating space to celebrate Latinx culture and excellence in entertainment and beyond at 2022 Sundance Film Festival. This year's festivities are 100% virtual, which means more opportunities to share movie premieres, critical discussions, and interviews with you,
BLACKHOUSE
Friday, January 21 Sunday, January 23
The Blackhouse Foundation
For the fifteenth consecutive year, The Blackhouse Foundation is bringing the culture to independent film and content as it joins the virtual lineup of the 2022 Sundance Film Festival on Sundance Digital Main St. The organization will curate three days of programming for the festival.
SHIFTING POWER FROM WITHIN: THE NEW GATE OPENERS
Friday, January 21, 11-12 p.m. MT
Color Congress
Join our moderator Rahdi Taylor (Concordia Studio), along with program officers Chi-hui Yang, and Jon-Sesrie Goff (The Ford Foundation), Lauren Pabst (MacArthur Foundation) and Denae Peters (Perspective Fund), for a frank conversation about how their pasts points to the future of the documentary ecosystem.
CALLING ALL ARTISTS: THE CLIMATE CRISIS IS RECRUITING
Presented by Women at Sundance
Friday, January 21, 2-3:30 p.m. MT
Artists are urgently needed to interpret the present crisis and imagine a climate-just future. Hear from our recruiters: youth and Indigenous movement leaders, policymakers, and scientists, and join the discussion about how we can work together collectively like never before.
Recruiters: Andrea Ixch u, Geeta Persad, Vanessa Nakate (youth climate activist, Uganda), Farhana Yamin (climate legal advisor, UK)
Moderated by Megha Agrawal Sood (Head of Climate Story Unit, Doc Society), Emily Wanja (Global Community Manager, Climate Story Unit, Doc Society)
POWERFUL BLACK WOMEN SHAPING THE FILM INDUSTRY
Friday, January 21, 2:30-3:30 p.m. MT
Shadow And Act
Shadow And Act is here to give flowers to the powerful Black women shaping the film industry. Their contributions and leadership across project development, performance artistry, and even viral marketing strategies have been an indispensable part of bringing Black stories to life. We're inviting Actress Bresha Webb, Director of Programming Mercedes Cooper, Development Executive Ada Chiaghana, and PR Maven Chardae Jenkins to discuss their process to success and the BTS efforts leading to the creation of our community's favorite films.
WHO TELLS OUR STORIES? LGBTQ STORYTELLERS RECLAIM THE FRAME
Saturday, January 22, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. MT GLAAD
Too often the stories of people from underrepresented communities have been told by creators from outside of that community. But as more LGBTQ storytellers are empowered to create narratives on their own terms and tell complex, nuanced stories from an unapologetically queer point of view, their fresh perspectives are changing the cultural conversation both on-screen and beyond. Join GLAAD and LGBTQ creators for a discussion on their process, observations on the industry, and how audiences are demanding authentic storytelling.
RESTORING THE FUTURE
Saturday, January 22, 4-6 p.m. MT
The past two years have incubated new and evolving movements in the media arts system, creating pathways to a radically aspirational future. In this participatory worldbuilding experience, enter a portal to that future with artists, activists, and industry members. Together they will share prototypes, provocations, and artifacts from an imagined future media-arts ecosystem centered in justice, abundance, and joy.
Featuring: Sabrina Schmidt Gordon (Producer, To The End), Andria Wilson Mirza (Director, ReFrame), Yasmin Dunn (Director of Education & Outreach, Hollywood Commission)
Facilitated by: Karim Ahmad (Director, Outreach & Inclusion, Sundance Institute), Brenda Coughlin (Director, Engagement & Advocacy, Sundance Institute), Tony Patrick (Sundance New Frontier alum)
UNCONSCIOUS BIAS: BIPOC DEAF CREATORS REFRAMING THE NARRATIVE AT THE SCRIPT DEVELOPMENT TABLE & BEHIND THE CAMERA.
Saturday, January 22, 4:30-6 p.m. MT
Deaf Talent Media & Entertainment Consulting (DTMEC)
For years, Hollywood has tended toward the unconscious bias of stereotyping BIPOC Deaf creators by assuming we do not exist - which has negatively influenced how writers tell stories about us. Our goal is to address why there are no BIPOC Deaf creators and writers developing stories in the writers' room. What will it take for Hollywood to hire BIPOC Deaf creators? What concrete actions can Hollywood take to bring culturally authentic BIPOC Deaf representation to the screen and behind the camera in 2022 and beyond?
COLOR OF CHANGE PRESENTS: WHAT'S COSTING HOLLYWOOD?
Saturday, January 22, 2-3:30 p.m. MT
Color of Change
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