Campus action against film screening seems to conflict with spirit of Sundance

Re: “ Police shut down students’ film screening ,” Sept. 27 news story

The relocation of the Sundance Film Festival to Boulder is certainly a good thing for the Colorado film community. Much good will come from it, including a partnership with the University of Colorado. The recent death of actor Robert Redford casts another element of significance over all of this.

In a way, though, the recent news story about the university’s Boulder campus police shutting down a student group’s screening of a film about a Palestinian family leaves me with a sense of dread over how Boulder will value the freedom of expression through film and within the industry. CU is pointing to some compliance issues with their policie

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