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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Adrian Horton in Park City

‘The world is hurting right now’: politics and protest hit the Sundance film festival

group of people walk down street holding signs such as 'ICE kills' and 'resist' in protest
Demonstrators protest during the 2026 Sundance film festival in Park City, Utah, on Monday. Photograph: Jesse Grant/Getty Images

The news began to spread through the Sundance film festival on Saturday morning, as people emerged from early screenings or long nights out at the bars on Main Street.

“If you all have not heard what’s going on in Minnesota this morning, someone else was murdered by ICE,” director Ava DuVernay told the audience at a panel on freedom of expression, referring to the shooting that morning of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse, by federal agents in Minneapolis.

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