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With Warrior Spirit, a New Leader Pushes Sundance Forward

Written by Nicole Sperling Shortly after Donald Trump’s inauguration in January 2017, Tabitha Jackson, then the director of the Sundance Institute’s Documentary Film Program, was hosting the annual opening reception for documentary filmmakers at the festival in Park City, Utah. The British Jackson, who is mixed race and gay, took the stage, knowing many in the audience were unsettled by what had…