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Show The Park Record Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, April 13-16, 2013 C-11 Digital debut for 12 independent films via Sundance Institute program Sundance Institute recently announced that 12 independent films will make their digital debut this spring through a variety of platforms to rent, download or stream, via the Institute's Artist Services program. Titles will roll out between April 16 and May 7. For details visit sundance.org/nowplaying. Upcoming releases focus on a variety of themes, including environmental films for Earth Day and documentaries about the experiences of motherhood for Mother's Day. In addition to appearing on the Institute's Now Playing page, themed collections will be highlighted on GoWatchIt. "Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin and the Farm Midwives," "Code of the West" and "One Mile Away" are the first films making their digital premieres as part of a new collaboration between Artist Services and partner organizations The Bertha Foundation, BRITDOC, Cinereach, Film Independent, Independent Filmmaker Project and the San Francisco Film Society. "Upstream Color," from award-winning director Shane Carruth, makes its digital debut on May 7, following a theatrical run beginning April 5. The film, which premiered in competition at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and won the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Sound Design, is the long-awaited follow up to Carruth's 2004 cult classic, Primer. "Sleepwalk With Me," winner of the Best of NEXT <=> Audience Award, Presented by Adobe Systems Incorporated, at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, will be available in the UK on April 29, the day after its European premiere at the second Sundance London film and music festival at The O2. "One Mile Away" will also be available in the U.S. and UK earlier that week. "Unfinished Spaces," part of the FILM FORWARD: Advancing Cultural Dialogue 2012 program and winner of the Jameson FIND Your Audience Award from Film Independent, makes its digital debut April 16. AVAILABLE APRIL 16 "Code of the West" (Director: Rebecca Richman Cohen) - "Code Of The West" follows the human stories behind the recent federal crackdown on medical marijuana growers. This is the story of what happens when politics fail, emotions run high and communities pay the price. (Released through Artist Services collaboration with IFP and Cinereach) "Ecological Design: Inventing the Future" (Director: Brian Danitz) - This documentary's thesis focuses on the emergence of ecological design, from the original vision of the independent thinkers in the 1920s to the powerful present-day movement. (1995 Sundance Film Festival) "Unfinished Spaces" (Directors: Alysa Nahmias and Benjamin Murray) - Cuba's ambitious National Art Schools project, designed by three young artists in the wake of Castro's Revolution, is neglected, nearly forgotten, then ultimately rediscovered as a visionary architectural masterpiece. (FILM FORWARD: Advancing Cultural Dialogue) AVAILABLE APRIL 23 "One Mile Away" (Director: Penny Woolcock) - "One Mile Away" is directed by awardwinning filmmaker Penny Woolcock and charts the attempts by two warring gangs in inner city Birmingham, the Burger Bar Boys (B21) and the Johnson Crew (B6), to bring peace to their neighborhoods. (Released through Artist Services collaboration with BRITDOC) AVAILABLE APRIL 29 "Sleepwalk With Me" (Director: Mike Birbiglia) - Reluctant to confront his fears of love, honesty, and growing up, a budding standup comedian has both a hilarious and intense struggle with sleepwalking. (2012 Sundance Film Festival) AVAILABLE APRIL 30 "Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin and the Farm Midwives" (Directors: Sara Lamm and Mary Wigmore) - "Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin and the Farm Midwives" captures a spirited group of women who taught themselves how to deliver babies on a 1970s hippie commune, rescued modern midwifery from extinction, and changed the way a generation thought about childbirth. Today, as nearly a third of all babies are born via C-section in the U.S., they labor on, fighting to preserve their knowledge and pushing, once again, for the rebirth of birth. (Released through Artist Services collaboration with Film Independent) AVAILABLE MAY 7 "Upstream Color" (Director and screenwriter: Shane Carruth) - A man and woman are drawn together, entangled in the life cycle of an ageless organism. Identity becomes an illusion as they struggle to assemble the loose fragments of wrecked lives. (2013 Sundance Film Festival) ALSO AVAILABLE MAY 7 "Anderson Monarchs" (Director and screenwriter: Eugene Martin) "Baby, It's You" (Director: Anne Makepeace) "A Doula Story" (Director: Daniel Alpert) "Home of the Brave" (Director and screenwriter: Paola di Florio) "How To Be Louise" (Director and screenwriter: Anne Flournoy) The Artist Services program provides artists with exclusive opportunities for creative self- distribution, marketing and financing solutions for their work. The exclusive aggregation partner for distribution across all portals participating in the Artist Services program is Cinedigm. The Artist Services initiative is made possible by The Bertha Foundation. These deals were brokered via pro bono legal services generously provided by law firm O'Melveny & Myers. YOUR OPINION IS IMPORTANT SUMMIT COUNTY CITIZEN'S SURVEY The Summit County Council is seeking input from residents about future directions for the county. The Summit County Manager's Office has commissioned a survey that will be used to help guide planning and decision making about county programs, services and priorities. Starting on approximately April 10, survey questionnaires will be delivered in the mail to 3,000 randomly-selected households in Summit County. The survey focuses on a variety of issues, including views about the key factors that contribute to quality of life, satisfaction with current levels of services, priorities for use of tax revenues and preferences regarding future growth and growth management practices. The survey is being conducted for the county by Dr. Richard Krannich, a professor at Utah State University who has conducted many similar studies throughout Utah and surrounding states. A final report on results of the survey will be delivered to the county in late July or early August. These results will be made available to the public for review. Survey results will then be used in combination with many other sources of data and information to help guide the county's ongoing strategic planning activities. According to County Manager Robert Jasper, "this survey will provide an opportunity for county officials to receive detailed input from Summit County residents, and assist in our decision making now that we are informed by the views and preferences of people. I hope everyone included in the survey sample will take the time to respond, so that our results will be as accurate as possible." For more information about this survey, residents are encouraged to call the county manager's office and speak with either Bob Jasper (435) 336-3110 or Anita Lewis (435) 336-3220. 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