It is dismaying yet hardly surprising that the first of five bills comprising the Common Ground Initiative as proposed by Equality Utah died quickly in a state senate committee this week. With the antediluvian social conservative forces once again flexing their muscles reminding state legislators that they’re taking charge of their minds and hearts, it [...]

Photo courtesy of Sean Graff. Only a few Americans probably know that the U.S. Supreme Court in December, 1944 upheld, by a vote of 6-3, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s executive order from two and a half-years earlier that forever had changed the lives of more than 100,000 Japanese-Americans and Japanese immigrants from the West Coast [...]

“A Quiet Little Marriage,” a feature film directed by Mo Perkins, and “Strongman,” a documentary directed by Zachary Levy are among the major award winners at this year’s Slamdance. In addition, two films from the festival’s narrative feature competition — “The Ante” and “City Rats” — were picked up for distribution and Slamdance officials expect [...]