| Show Ft Douglas Museum gets ready for Film and Storytelling Festival Amanda Chamberlain The Globe What's better than free movies Lets Let's well see free movies free storytellers and free activities of course Enter Fort Douglas Military Museum who is to soon-to-be host of local artistic artistic artistic artis artis- tic festival the Salt Lake Freedom Film and Storytelling Festival This wielding scene-wielding word bear ing festival will be taking place throughout the spooky month of Oct and also on the first Sat of Nov This event hails as a celebration of the anniversary of founding Camp Douglas on Oct 22 1862 Boredom will be a far cry from those dates of this happening happening happening hap hap- pening festival There willbe will willbe willbe be a series of linguistic and visual events that will entertain entertain entertain enter enter- tain anyone from two- two to 65 years of age age no no matter what different walks of life may convene The main attraction circles around film presentations at atthe atthe atthe the Fort Douglas Theater where over 10 films will be broadcast to attendees Some films hail from local Utah filmmakers where others range from PBS Specials to History Channel originals Also showing will be a documentary documentary documentary docu docu- of a certain spooky topic found at military base and festival host Fort Douglas The film was made and produced by local Utahn and university college alum alum- ni taught at University of Utah BYU and Utah State filmmaker Brian Jackson Fetzer There will be a good variety variety variety vari vari- ety of films shown including my Ghostly Guardians' Guardians film Fetzer said I was hired to do the film at Ft Douglas and so I made one about the ghosts that reside there The art of stringing sentences sentences sentences sen sen- together to make stories stories stories sto sto- sto- sto ries will also make an appearance appearance appearance appear appear- ance alongside the motion pictures through several live storytelling shows Stories will come alive through sets featuring several different Tale Tellers My MyOwn MyOwn MyOwn Own Backyard is one such particular set revealing stories stories stories sto sto- sto- sto ries of primitive nature fea fea- fea- fea turing animals Another set the sea worthy Lighthouse Chronicles will showcase a variety of maritime tales fit to leave the audience tapping their hands to the sides of their heads just to get the sea seawater seawater seawater water out of their ears The Dont Get Funny with a Mummy portion of the storytelling storytelling storytelling sto sto- sto- sto sensation will encompass Halloween- Halloween tales ready to excite any attendee for the upcoming upcoming upcoming ing holiday There will also be several more shows awaiting festival attendees along with an array of additional activities Festival goers will also get getto getto getto to partake in such activities as renewing their vows at the Fort Douglas Chapel or listening listening listening lis lis- lis- lis to local musical rte 0 a w Fort Douglas Military Museum to host display of works from local artists artists There will also be a Halloween Festival on Oct 31 To get all of the history and culture that didn't didn't didn't did did- nt cover come check out the films tales and military history history history his his- tory at Fort Douglas' Douglas first semi-annual semi Salt Lake Freedom Film and Storytelling Festival this month Fort Douglas is located on the University of Utah campus campus campus cam cam- pus near the campus ry rye The admission for this event is free and is taking place at this mountainside setting setting setting set set- ting every Sat evening from 7 30 am a.m. to approximately 1030 pm p.m. on Oct 15 22 29 31 and Nov 5 Parking is limited limited limited lim lim- so the cliche the early bird gets the worm definitely applies to this to soon-to-be buzzing fest Also is sensible and inexpensive route to travel the stop to get exit at is actually called Fort Douglas |
