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Show C-4 The Park Record Continued from C-1 CREATING COMMUNITY THROUGH FILM PARK CITY FILM.ORG Library welcomes reporter THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO SEPT 20 Fri 8pm SEPT 21 Sat 8pm SEPT 22 Sun 6pm disaster that claimed the lives of three skiers in Washington’s Cascade Mountains, met the Wrights in December 2013, and visited them off and on for more than four years. “I would fly down on the weekends or hook up with them when the boys were competing in rodeos, especially when they were at National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas for four years in a row,” he said. “I would also jump in the truck or go camping with them.” Branch enjoyed writing about the family’s rodeo competitions. “I have had chances to cover rodeo for a day or two here and there, and I’ve always found it fascinating,” he said. “I’ve always found the athletes very open, colorful and quotable.” What Branch didn’t realize was just how tough the athletes needed to be. “It comes together when you get up close into the chutes and see these guys getting injured and fighting through injuries because they don’t get paid if they don’t get on the horse the next night,” he said. “I’ve been covering professional sports for 20 years, and I’m not sure Rated PG-13 Rated R SEPT 23 Mon 7pm Tickets: $10/general; $9/seniors & students Underwritten by Julie Hopkins, KW Real Estate. Presented with Park City Library as part of the Art on Screen Series. Underwritten by Park City Magazine JIM SANTY AUDITORIUM 1255 PARK AVE PARK CITY • 435.615.8291 Their guts, their gumption and pain tolerance are extraordinary...” John Branch, Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times sports writer if there are any athletes like them. Their guts, their gumption and pain tolerance are extraordinary.” Branch was taken aback by the athletes’ passion, too. “The devotion and love they show for the sport is rare, and it’s kind of thrilling to be part of it,” he said. “They will liter- The L.A. 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So it would behoove them to take care of the animals.” Branch found that especially true with the saddle bronc competitions. “The top horses are worth a lot of money and they are bucked usually once a week,” he said. “The rest of the time they are grazing in pastures. So, they do about eight seconds of work once a week and then hang out. So I didn’t see anything that was cause for alarm. If I did, I think my journalism antennae would have gone up.” Branch also found the Mormon family’s cattle running touched a nostalgic vein. “It’s a small operation — maybe 300 heads of cattle,” he said. Branch said his ranching experience with the Wrights just outside of Zion National Park felt “very throwback.” “It felt old-fashioned and familial,” he said. “Everything they did centered on family, and that connectedness is rare.” By connectedness, Branch explained that of the Wrights’ “The Last Cowboys” author John Branch, a Pulitzer-Prize-winning reporter When: 4 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 20 Where: The Park City Library, 1255 Park Ave. Cost: Free RSVP: malena.stevens@ parkcity.org Web: parkcitylibrary.org and nytimes.com/by/johnbranch 13 kids, 12 of them live within a 40-mile radius. “They live close together and have found common interest in the cowboy lifestyle and cattle,” he said. “They have somehow kept a cohesiveness that doesn’t happen a lot today.” The crux of “The Last Cowboys” is keeping that cohesiveness and passing down their traditions, according to Branch. “Bill is trying to build a cattle operation for his kids if they want it,” he said. “His biggest dilemma is can he do that on the same land his family has had for the past 150 years, because he’s surrounded by development and Zion National Park. He is also restricted by federal land laws all around him.” Branch found that Wright is weighing the idea of building something for the future, while holding onto the past. “That’s a tough tug-of-war for him, and for countless others who are trying to pass something down to future generations,” he said. “The questions are is it the land, or the business? Or is it the culture? 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