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Show Wed/Thurs/Fri, September 5-7, 2018 The Park Record Documentary seeks a balance ‘Art + Belief,’ a work-in-progress, will screen Sept. 6 C-5 PUZZLE ANSWERS FROM PAGE C-4 SCOTT IWASAKI The Park Record Artist Nathan Florence, an art teacher at Weilenmann School of Discovery has added “documentary filmmaker” to his resume. He is currently working on a film called “Art + Belief,” which is about visual artist Trevor Southey, a gay Mormon from Africa who passed away in 2015. Park City will get a chance to preview the work in progress at a special, free Park City Film Series screening on Thursday, Sept. 6, at the Park City Library’s Jim Santy Auditorium, 1255 Park Ave. The screening, which is part of the film series’ new Made In Utah Film Series, is a way for Florence to get some audience feedback about how to improve the documentary he plans to submit to the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. “I started filming in 2011, so it’s been a long time in the making,” Florence said. “I’m doing these little screenings to give me ideas of how I can better edit the film.” The catalyst of “Art + Belief” was an exhibit by Southey that as showing at the Utah Museum of Fine Art in 2010. “There was a panel discussion Continued from C-1 Series readies season - lifestyle.” t Tim Wardle’s “Three Identical Strangers” will continue the weekend screenings on Sept. t21-23. This documentary, which is yabout triplets who were separat-ed at birth, won the U.S. Documentary Special Jury Prize at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, Wang said. “It is a stranger than fiction story about three brothers who were separated at birth and reconnected at college,” she said. “It’s examines the powerful tie that multiples have.” The film also includes a darker aspect, according to Wang. “It’s interesting to see the different elements of joy when they first realize they are brothers and embark on the talkshow circuit, but it’s also interesting to see how they deal with some of the things they uncovered on the way as to how they grew up,” she said. “There is so much more than meets the eye in this story. It’s a fascinating tale.” Breaking up the series of weekend screenings is Art House Theatre Day, on Sunday, Sept. 23. “This is when art houses across the country celebrate the art of independent cinema and connect stories with communities,” Wang said. To celebrate, the Park City Film Series will present 3:30 p.m. matinee screening of Ben- COURTESAY OF NATHAN FLORENCE The late artist Trevor Southey is the subject of Nathan Florence’s documentary “Art + Belief,” which is a work in progress. that featured Trevor, Gary Earnest Smith, Neil Hadlock and Dennis Smith,” Florence said. “Trevor talked about his history, and Dennis talked about being Trevor’s advocate.” Southey was born in Africa and was a convert to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Florence said. “Although he knew he was gay, he came to Utah and got married because he was told by his church leaders that that would ‘cure’ him,” Florence said. When Southey struggled with jamin Renner and Patrick Imkert’s animated film “The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales.” Admission is $5 and the price will include free popcorn. “‘Big Bad Fox’ is like a ‘Looney Tunes’ cartoon with a French twist, and everything isn’t as peaceful as it seems in a farmhouse,” Wang said. “It’s kind of a slapstick-y tale that is rated G and fun for families. This screening will be in English, and we’ll show the film again in October in French. We would love everyone to come celebrate art house films.” Ian Cheney’s “The Most Unknown” will mark the first special screening of the Park City Film Series’ 2018 Reel Community Series on Thursday, Sept. 27. “The Most Unknown” is a documentary that follows nine scientists in a variety of disciplines to different parts of the world to uncover answers to questions about life’s origins and the nature of consciousness, Wang said. “They explore topics such as dark matter and consciousness, and try to explain these things from their various disciplines to the other scientists,” she said. “So the microbiologist tries to understand the physicist’s findings and the psychologist’s interpretation and so forth. And it’s interesting how the different disciplines explain the complex topics and experience the joy of discovery.” The film is part of the Park City Film Series’ STEM Education program. “We use film to engage youth with science, technology, engineering and mathematics,” Wang said. “This screening will be followed by a panel that features science educators.” The final weekend screening of September will be Scott Gaffney’s “All In,” Matchstick Productions’ 2018 ski film, from Sept. 27-30. Friday night’s screening will feature athlete autograph sessions and free giveaways. “All In” is a ski documentary that follows a group of women who wanted to disrupt the male-dominated ski film formula, according to Wang. “It’s not, however, about how women skiers can be just as good as men skiers,” she said. “It’s just about these incredible athletes who happen to be women.” The film features Angel Collinson, Michelle Parker, Tatum Monod and Elyse Saugstad, to name a few, and it was partly shot in Utah. “You will see some great scenes from Snowbird and other scenes from all over the world,” Wang said. Wang looks forward to Park City Film Series’ new season, and thinks the September screenings are a strong start. “We packed a lot of screenings in the first month, but it wasn’t just to show as many films as we could,” she said. “We wanted to show films that addressed a variety of issues and told some amazing stories.” The Park City Film Series will officially kick off its 201819 season with a weekend screening of Morgan Neville’s documentary, “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” rated PG-13, from Friday, Sept. 7, to Sunday, Sept. 9, at the Park City Library’s Jim Santy Auditorium. Friday and Saturday’s screenings will start at 8 p.m. Sunday’s screening will start at 6 p.m. The film, which premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, is about Fred Rogers, known for “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood.” For information, visit www. parkcityfilmseries.com. BE A LOCAL HERO Volunteer for a local non-profit Please see Film, C-7 UPCOMING THE MUSICAL! 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