Sundance VIPs take 10-minute protest break in between screenings

Sundance VIPs take 10-minute protest break in between screenings


What one report called “arguably the shortest of protests in recent memory” rocked the Sundance Film Festival for about 10 minutes on Sunday evening, as around 100 people gathered in Park City to voice their opposition to the ICE raids in Minnesota.

The diminutive demonstration echoed statements made by big-name festival attendees like Edward Norton and Olivia Wilde

‘Turn on your phone light for a minute or two.’

‘Melt’ down

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Actress Natasha Lyonne posted a promotional flyer for the event, called “Sundancers Melt Ice,” which read, “Join us tonight to remember Alex Pretti and Renee Good” and “quietly register our collective protest.”

Pretti was recently shot and killed by federal agents during a violent scrum, while Good was shot and killed by an ICE agent as she hit him with

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