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Now on bbc news, talking movies tom brook reports from park city in utah where americans foremost showcase for independent cinema, the Sundance Film Festival, draws to a close this weekend. Hello, and welcome to our look back at this years Sundance Film Festival in park city, utah. In todays programme, highlights from this 11 day independent film extravaganza. Sundance belonged to women this year, with numerous films by them and about them. Women in independent film were speaking out. The metoo and Timesup Movement were major talking points. There has been hurt and suffering. People will not stand for that anymore. Also, the festival premiere of a live documentary which told the history of the famous Kronos Quartet, and more. And the festival film, our new president , looked at how Russian Youtube and tv channels covered the 2016 us president ial election. Donald trump. Also, the intense month long protest over the Dakota Access pipeline protest examined in a documentary, the battle of Standing Rock. All that and more in this special sundance edition of talking movies. An activist spirit was evident at sundance this year. People came together to protest, among other things, the Sexual Harassment and assault of women in the Film Industry. The metoo and Timesup Movements prompted much discussion. Many attended a respect rally that was an anniversary rally of last years womens march. This is the year when we said to rich, powerful men, you can break our hearts but you can not break our rights. Wwomens right lawyer, gloria allred, fired up the crowd. So did jane fonda. Sexual harassment has been a problem in the world of independent film, as it has elsewhere. There is no part of the Film Industry that is not affected by it. It is a really hard thing to gather metrics on because everything has been very under the rug for many years. I guess we are going to be seeing how widespread the problem is in the coming years. Sundance is the first major american Film Festival to take place since the Harvey Weinstein story broke. Some alleged past assaults involving weinstein took place at the festival. To address the concerns, the festivals code of conduct had been updated. Separately, a safe space venue had been set up for women to discuss issues of concerns. There was a sense of solidarity and support from stars. There has been a tectonic shift. You know, it feel slike people have really been really listening to women and everybody is saying things have to change. There has been a lot of hurt, a lot of suffering, a lot of silencing, and i really dont people are going to stand for it any more. Carey mulligan thought there was a need to bring a code of conduct into operation on film sets, as has been the case with the play she recently appeared in. On the first day of rehearsal, we all had to look through the code of conduct, it tells you what is expected in the workplace, it tells you what to do if someone steps outside of the code of conduct. I think really solid action plans like that will move us forward. Despite the trauma of these incidents, robert redford, the sundance founder, struck a positive note at the press conference. Im pretty encouraged right now as this period of change is. What it is doing is it is bringing forth more opportunity for women, and more opportunity for women in film to have their own voices heard. Not to be forgotten, of course, were the films at sundance. There were more than 120 full length features this year. Sundances director of programming detected some trends. We noticed the African American male experience was really prevalent, especially in our us competition. We observed, also, a lot of really interesting, complex, powerful women on screen, both in the documentaries, and in the narrative films. Moving away from films getting a lot of attention at sundance were Virtual Reality installations. With one work, special gloves enabled participants to have the sensation of touching physical objects by giving them feedback. Then there was a Virtual Reality world that could be shared by several people simultaneously. These vr projects are ingenious, but do they belong at a Film Festival . When you put someone inside of the goggles, vr, the person remembers it as something that has happened to them. That is why film makers are constantly coming and showing interest in vr and these converging technologies around storytelling give us more more tools to do what they really want to do at the heart of it all, which is tell stories. Now, lets move on and look at some other sundance films in greater detail. Our new president was one of the opening day attractions, it is a compilation of russian video material, tv broadcast and Youtube Channels and looks at how it portrayed the 2016 us president ial election. The film has been put together by director, our main principle was we wanted to try to weave together a film made entirely out of disinformation. So, when we were initially gathering material, we wanted every single statement in the film to be false, and the fact that we could source Russian Television and make a film like that, that basically doesnt have a single true statement in it, i think that tells you something thats horrifying and really worrying about the state of media today in general. The material he collected denigrates Hillary Clinton and barack obama, and it definitely places donald trump in a very flattering light. Trump is described as behaving like a british lord and being very composed, and obama is seen as indecent and manspreading his legs in a way that is forbidden on new york city subways. There is lots of kind of racial connotations about obama as well. Sundance audiences responded well to the film. It was fantastic, because you really get a sense of what an organisation that really wants to put out propaganda can achieve. It is an incredibly powerful film, i think. It is effective at showing the crazy landscape they are in now, in terms of media and propaganda. We are in a society where news media is not being trusted any more. That seed of doubt puts us in a precarious position and this film shows us what happens when it is at this extreme, with so much disinformation shown as fact. I am really hoping that people see this and realise whats at stake. All the ongoing talk of russian meddling in the us election gave our new president a lot of currency at sundance. It earned positive reviews, but there were some detractors who felt the documentary lacked context and structure. Donald trump. The film burden, based on a true story of a white supremacist, a member of the ku klux klan who underwent a transformation. He leaves the klan only to be taken in by an African American minister. Its a sundance film with fine performances. Im a klansman. What are you gonna do. Burden is set in South Carolina in the 1990s. Garrett hedlund plays mike burden, a klansman who espouses their racist beliefs, but things change when he meetsjudy, played by andrea riseborough. He ended up falling in love with a single mother named judy that made him have to face a decision to stay in love or stay in the clan. And then he also meets a reverend played by forest whitaker, who shows him an immense amount of hospitality and warmth and takes him in and it becomes a redemption story and a story about love and acceptance and accepting who you are in the midst of a very sort of kind of chaotic scenario. The African American minister who takes him under his wing has a history of organising against the klan. He extends himself to mike burden because he believes he has to practice what he preaches. Mike is a test for the reverend, a test of all the things he has ever believed in. We get a chance to see him go through that, we get a chance to see him say, to his son, if i dont do this, i will never be able to preach again. If i dont try to commit, try to find a solution and believe that love is the answer, i will never be able to live by what i believe, i will never be able to be the example in my community, to the world. This story of a black minister saving a white supremacist isnt fiction, it is based on a true story. I heard about it in a blurb in a newspaper 20 years ago. I got in my car and i drove down to South Carolina. It is a wild redemption story. It is insane and crazy but it is the fact that extremes can change, and so when i read this story, im besieged what the story could be, i realised that if we can understand these people, we can gain empathy for them, and empathy is the beginning of change. You get to see a man really transition in front of your eyes because of being introduced to a Better Future and a better understanding of how life and love can be. The kind of racism found in South Carolina in the 1990s hasnt disappeared. Groups that espouse isolationism and hatred have done an under the things to terrorise communities. The movie has a lot of relevancy to try to see if there is a solution, what is the path for us to be able to come together as a people. With burden at sundance, the main audience reward wasnt the film itself but the acting, particularly garrett hedlund, who really shines in his role. His performance in burden augurs well for his future. Among the women profiled this year are jane fonda, joan jett, and Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg. At age 84, Ruth Bader Ginsburg has become something of a pop icon. She is referred to as the notorious rbg, a candidate ripe for profiling. We call her bubby, the yiddish word for grandmother. In the documentary, rbg, a more intimate portrayal of her life is portrayed. At one point she is seen with her grand daughter. Do you have fake sugar . There should be some someplace. Thats helpful. Not only is Ruth Bader Ginsburg the doting grandmother, but she has a tremendous legal legacy. How could you not want to make a documentary about Ruth Bader Ginsburg . She has become in recent years this mega celebrity, who millennials treat like a rock star. A lot of people that are her biggest fans dont really know her history, dont know everything that she has accomplished, dont understand the obstacles she was up against when she was a young lawyer, when women werent supposed to be lawyers, and we wanted to tell the whole story. She agreed to teach a course. The film makers take the story from her past and the present. They look back at Ruth Bader Ginsburgs life, student life, her legal career, and her current activities. Or am i telling them something they havent heard before . Are they paying attention. When people think about the womens Rights Movement in the 705 with the so called womens lib movement, Ruth Bader Ginsburg played just as big a role getting equal rights for american women in that era. She wasjust doing it little more quietly, more strategically, not in the streets but in the courts, but as you will see in the film, she won a string of victories that really started us down the road towards equal rights for women and men underlaw. Overall, this documentary is an illuminating and flattering portrait of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, an inspiring account of a woman who has led a very full life, both professionally and personally. I ask no favour for myself. All i ask of our brethren is that they take their feet of our necks. It made International Headlines in 2016, the protests over the Dakota Access pipeline in north dakota. Many native american tribes had concerns over this oil pipeline. One was that it would leak and pollute ground water. The intense long process was the subject of a sundance film. I welcome you to our treaty territory and i thank you all for being here. The film shows protesters stopping or delaying the work of the Company Building the pipeline. They locked themselves to equipment and blocked roads, all to preserve what they argue is sacred land which is lawfully standing here. They were arrested and met with tear gas. The director collected a lot of material. A big challenge was gaining access to film the protesters on the front line who are known as water protectors, so called because they defend the main water source. The protesters were under 24 hour surveillance by police. The director had to earn their trust. These people didnt want cameras following them around, because if we had footage of them doing something and the police got the footage, there would be evidence against them. Another part of it was that they didnt want to be seen with the camera following them everywhere. Respect had to be earned. Helping build our caves and getting tear gassed a couple dozen times, and missed several times, after a while, i was able to get the footage needed to tell the story properly. The documentary shows the final moments of the battle of Standing Rock in which the water protectors were pushed off their campsite and watched as it was destroyed. In north dakota, there were economic benefits. 40 million of revenue in the first month. Some view this as positive. There was no positive aspect. Indigenous people have been feeling the brunt of free source extraction in our territory since the beginning of colonisation. We are the ones that have lost millions, billions, even trillions, if you put an economic value on our territory. We are the ones sacrificing everything for this. Though the outcome of this demonstration can be seen as a loss for the water protectors, the director, as well as the activists feel this film can direct change in the native American Community and how they are perceived. We have had to continue to talk about who we are and people have this outlook about native americans, i want this film to show them, this is us. And we are standing up. I have a little money to my name but this water is priceless to me, and im going to fight for it. Thousands of people come throughout the country for this one moment and although one to do is step up. My intention in creating this film and showing it to the world was to inspire the next generation of activists. I hope this film can inspire the next generation after us to build upon what we did. The director sees sundance as a great home for the film and credited it with helping him in his endeavours with the project. Sundance is strong on documentaries and this year there was a live documentary, the director provided narration and the famed Kronos Quartet performed. The aim of this endeavour was above other things to tell the story of the Kronos Quartet. This is sunny up on the screen. This is us playing down there. Of the many documentaries, a thousand thoughts could be seen as an expanded cinema experience. It is all the elements of the film but it happened live so that our images up on the screen, and i am onstage narrating, and there is a band, music Group Performing a live soundtrack. A thousand thoughts is a portrait of the band. It gets a bigger idea of time and the ephemeral nature of music and life, the power and resilience of the human spirit. The internationally recognised Kronos Quartet was founded a0 years ago in San Francisco and the film brings many artists who have collaborated with the quartet. They have collaborated with tonnes of people over the years, from terry riley, laurie anderson, lots of younger people. I think it has given them a lot of energy and inspiration over the years, to keep working, different people getting new energy. On screen, the audience sees footage of sam green going through the Kronos Quartets vast archive. The director believes that this engages the audience, especially with sam green as a storyteller. Learned about life. It goes on. I like that sam is a character. I saw one of his shows, i really liked him as a character. It is in effect, device, if you will, that i know works in documentary. It is discovery, so when i found this out and then i found that out and then i found that out. It is very generous to our audience because they go a journey with you. As sundance audiences emerged from the event, they were very impressed. I think it is really cool, a lot more interactive, and you get to feel the presence of the artists that are there, and the emotion they bring to the peace, really cool. Unbelievably special, life affirming, there are no words. When we think of a string quartet, we usually think of elderly gentleman in black tie and tails but that is not what this quartet is about. You cant want this on netflix or youtube, you have to be there and you have to be present. What is more, all of our devices and the way we consume culture is pushing us to be alone, and i think in the world today, being with other people, being in a room with strangers and having a collective experience is important and actually profound. Well, that brings this special sundance edition of talking movies to a close. We hope you have enjoyed the show. You can reach us online. And you can find us on facebook, too. From me, tom brooks and the rest of the talking movies production and crew, its goodbye. High as 15 today. M some particularly where we saw some sunshine. Not everywhere had sunny skies but some places did. That is how it looked close to daventry earlier on, a different skyline in south lanarkshire. Earlier on, a different skyline in south la narkshire. Cloud earlier on, a different skyline in south lanarkshire. Cloud and rain. The thickest has been across pars of scotland. We have seen wet weather here. Further south, scotland. We have seen wet weather here. Furthersouth, generally cloud as well, through parts of east wales towards lincolnshire, that is where we have had the best of the sunshine and the highest temperatures. During this evening and tonight, it stays mild for many, but this wet and also very windy weather for a time across scotland, it will sink southwards into Northern England, eventually north wales by the end of the night. Behind that band of wet weather, it sta rts behind that band of wet weather, it starts to get into something colder, because the rain is tied in with a cold front, sinking southwards, lots of isobars on the chart. Strong and gusty winds, ahead of the frontal system. Behind it we get into this cold air pushing in our direction from the north west. Still mild to start tomorrow morning for the channel islands, southern england, south wales, generally cloudy, gusty winds but some brightness for the coast of east anglia, down to london area and kent. Then for north wales, Northern England gusty winds, to the Northern England gusty winds, to the north we have the colder condition, brighterfor northern north we have the colder condition, brighter for Northern Ireland and scotla nd brighter for Northern Ireland and scotland with sunny spells. Showers backing in and the showers starting to turn wintry over high ground in scotland. We bring our rain band southwards through the day, still some heavy bursts on it, remember the gusty winds ahead of that band of rain, and then behind it, we brighten the sky, peeling the cloud away to reveal sunshine equally showers packing in. Temperatures dip away from the north as the day goes on. Tuesday, likely to get off to quite a chilly start, touch of frost in places. A mainly fine day for many but a pincer movement. One bringing rain into the south west, one bringing wet and windy weather into the north west. As that band of rain sinks southwards and eastwards it will turn things colder, that is the big theme, wintry showers for some, it will be windy, with gales at times. This is bbc news. Im annita mcveigh. The headlines at five Police Release an image of a man they want to speak to over the deaths of three teenagers who were hit by a car in west london on friday. Leave campaigners in the conservative party step up pressure on the Prime Minister they want her to take a harder line with the eu. The leader of russias Main Opposition Party is arrested along with more than 200 others at demonstrations across russia. The founder of the Swedish Furniture giant ikea, ingvar kamprad, has died at the age of 91. Also in the next hour a dangerous mountain rescue in pakistan. A french climber stranded on top of a deadly mountain is safe, but the search for her partner is called off. And in melbourne, Roger Federer wins his sixth Australian Open and 20th grand slam title with a five set