Slamdance

In Park City now at Slamdance, watching many short and feature docs and deliberating with my wonderful fellow jurors as we go.

There has been some excitement here at the Treasure Mountain Inn (Slamdance headquarters on Main Street). At a screening of Children of God, a doc critical of the creepy religious cult called The Family, some members of the cult showed up and tried to take over the Q&A after the film. There was also apparently a fracas of some sort (including a foot chase) regarding a video camera carried by one of the cult members, who may have taped the movie during the screening. I wasn't at the screening, but I saw two members of The Family being interviewed by police officers who were called to the scene.

Also, Danny Ledonne showed up here with his game Super Columbine Massacre RPG. This is the game that was booted out of the Slamdance game competition amid much controversy. So Danny showed up and is showing his game around himself, and also interviewing people for a doc he is making about the experience. It's a provocative game and a fascinating controversy. Not much time to find and code hyperlinks right now, but check out the first few links at this Google search.