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Utah’s Hopes Of Keeping Sundance Threatened By Anti-Pride Flag Bill On Governor’s Desk
Where the Sundance Film Festival will end up as its new home is TBD, but a Utah bill banning Pride flags & more in schools isn't making it any easter to keep things in the Beehive State
EXCLUSIVE: By the end of April, the new home of the Sundance Film Festival should be public knowledge with the Salt Lake City/ Park City combo, Boulder, Colorado, or Cincinnati, Ohio bid picked as the host for the next decade. While broad questions of Sundance’s future in a fast-changing media environment and the finances of the festival certainly loom large in the search for a new home, Utah has been a homecourt frontrunner in the drawn-out selection process since it was first announced almost a year ago. Despite that, the likelihood Cox will sign the anti-Pride flag bill soon has caused red state Utah to find itself at deep odds with Sundance’s expressed values of a “vibrant, inviting, and inclusive Festival.”
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