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Show SCENE The SUNDANCE SERVES ‘DINNER IN AMERICA,’C-3 www.parkrecord.com Park Record. Editor: Scott Iwasaki arts@parkrecord.com 435.649.9014 ex.15713 SLAMDANCE IS READY FOR THE FUTURE, C-2 C-1 WED/THURS/FRI, JANUARY 22-24, 2020 Park City’s enigmatic businessman Sachs is the subject of Slamdance opening film NONPROFIT WILL HOST A HEALTH CLINIC AT MCPOLIN ELEMENTARY People’s Health Clinic will host a health clinic from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 22, at McPolin Elementary School, 2270 Kearns Blvd. The evening includes a vision clinic for uninsured students, asthma education for students and parents, and a flu vaccine clinic. For information, visit peopleshealthclinic.org. MINECRAFT CLUB AT THE PARK CITY LIBRARY A Minecraft club will meet at 4 p.m. every Thursday at the Park City Library, 1255 Park Ave. The free gathering will help children develop problem-solving skills through Minecraft. Kids will also develop social skills by working with each other and completing challenges. For information, visit parkcitylibrary.org. SONGTRIBE GATHERING Local singers and songwriters are invited to a songtribe gathering that will run from 7-8 p.m. every Thursday at Timbre Art Loft, 608 Main St. For information, visit timbreartloft.com. COURTESY OF SLAMDANCE Park City businessman Ira Sachs Sr. is the subject of his daughter Lynne Sachs’ documentary, “A FIlm About a Father Who,” which is Slamdance’s opening film this year. LET’S PLAY LEGOS AT THE KIMBALL JUNCTION BRANCH Kids can drop in and play with Legos and Duplos for free from 1-3 p.m. every Friday at the Summit County Library Kimball Junction Branch, 1885 W. Ute Blvd. For information, visit thesummitcountylibrary. org. Filmmaker/daughter says the documentary is her ‘reckoning’ SCOTT IWASAKI The Park Record SATURDAY MORNING SNOWSHOE TOUR AT THE SWANER PRESERVE Saturday morning snowshoe tours are held at 8:30 a.m. every Saturday at the Swaner EcoCenter. The cost is $10 per person and $5 for local residents. Depending upon the time of year, lucky hikers may see an abundance of birds, elk or even nesting sandhill cranes. For information and to register, visit swanerecocenter.org. Slamdance audiences will get a peek into the past 30 years of Park City businessman Ira Sachs Sr. when they sit down for the film festival’s opening night screening of “A Film About a Father Who” on Friday at the Treasure Mountain Inn. The documentary, by Sach’s daughter Lynne Sachs, known for her experimental works such as “And Then We Marched,” about the 2017 Women’s March, and ¡Despertar! – New York City Laundry Workers Rise Up,” which documented a protest by laundry workers in New York City in 2018, examines the Park City millionaire’s non-traditional lifestyle. I was no longer just his daughter, but an adult who was trying to figure this man out...” Lynne Sachs, filmmaker That lifestyle covers not only his career, which included developing the Yarrow Hotel, now the Doubletree Inn. It also takes a look at Ira’s family, which includes his life’s secrets like the different women in his life who mothered his nine offspring. Lynne says she had to make the film, because it is her “reckoning.” “I think it’s kind of a feminist reckoning in that this was not the life I would choose to lead in relationship with these women and my dad,” she said in an interview. “I wanted to respect them. I wanted to recognize the different conditions that brought them into his life, therefore my life.” In order to do that the filmmaker had to find a place where she would not be judgmental. “I had to realize people make choices, and find different levels of compassion in order for me to go forward,” she said. “I have plenty of friends who don’t talk with their fathers, because their fathers did things they couldn’t abide by. And I didn’t want that. There are so many things that I adore about my father, so I had to take this whole package.” Lynne made the decision to make a film about her father in 1991, nearly 30 years ago. She started filming on VHS tapes and switched to 16mm film. “I would then go back and forth with Super 8,” she said. “Then I’d shoot in Hi8 and then Mini DV and finally digital, because the technology would change. I mean, I was shooting every time I was with him.” Working with the different mediums posed the logistical challenge of combining them into one cohesive storyline. “I didn’t want to tell the story chronologically, because that was of no interest to me,” she said. “I did, however, wanted it to run episodi- GOT THE SUNDANCE SCARIES ? Want to Beat mAIN sT MADNESS ? WE'VE GOT YOU COVERED . “A Film About a Father Who,” an entry in Slamdance Film Festival’s Breakouts program, is set to screen at the following times and locations: • Friday, Jan, 24, 7 p.m., Treasure Mountain Inn Ballroom • Monday, Jan. 27, 11 a.m., Treasure Mountain Ballroom For information, visit slamdance.com cally, so each section would have a moment of realization and pathos. I didn’t want that just to come at the end of the whole film.” Lynne also wanted the audience to experience each discovery she made about her father in the same way she did. “I wanted to maintain my own naivete, and look as if I was finding out these things about my father at the same time the audience was,” she said. “My father so many layers. He’s one of those people who could function in the mainstream, but isn’t just interested in being there. That’s why he had these other pockets of relationships and connections.” As a child Lynne learned a little about her father’s lifestyle while the family lived in Memphis before it moved to Park City in the late 1980s. “We lived a pretty conventional life, but my dad was also friends with all of these artists, and people who did Please see Sachs’, C-2 www.bwrestaurants.com 1250 IRON HORSE DR 6030 N MARKET ST 1571 w Redstone Center Dr 8208 GORGOZA PINES RD |