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69-640: The institute has offices in Park City , Los Angeles , and New York City , and provides creative and financial support to emerging and aspiring filmmakers, directors, producers, film composers, screenwriters, playwrights and theatre artists through a series of Labs and fellowships. The programs of Sundance Institute include the Sundance Film Festival , which is critically acclaimed. It promotes independent filmmakers, storytellers, and composers. The Sundance Institute's founding staff, assembled in

138-490: A humid continental climate ( Köppen : Dfb ), though higher elevations within city limits may experience a subalpine ( Dfc ) or alpine ( ET ) climate. According to estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, as of 2016, there were 8,299 full-time residents in Park City. The racial makeup of the county was 78.8% non-Hispanic White , 1.1% Black , 0.1% Native American , 2.2% Asian , and 1.0% from two or more races. 16.8% of

207-684: A culture of expenditure, adventure, wealth, and this is included in their promotional material. To this day, there are still more than 1,000 miles (1,600 km) of old silver-mine workings and tunnels beneath the slopes at Park City Mountain Resort and neighboring Deer Valley. On Main Street, 64 Victorian buildings are listed in the National Register of Historic Places. There are many remaining mine buildings, mine shafts (most blocked off from outsiders with large steel doors), and hoists, including

276-661: A curation of such works in the emerging field through the incorporation of fiction, non-fiction, and a mix of the two, to showcase transmedia storytelling, multimedia installations, performances and films. At the 2017 Sundance Film Festival , the New Frontier lineup included the US premiere of Jem Cohen 's film Museum Hours and documentary World Without End (No Reported Incidents) , live multimedia performances, virtual reality segments, and immersive installations, among other projects. Developed in 2008 as an initiative to support

345-479: A household in the city was $ 65,800, and the median income for a family was $ 77,137. Males had a median income of $ 40,032 versus $ 26,341 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 45,164. About 5.3% of families and 10.0% of the population were below the poverty line , including 11.6% of those under age 18 and 6.6% of those age 65 or over. Park City is home to Park City Mountain Resort , Canyons Village at Park City , Deer Valley Resort , Woodward Park City,

414-564: A result of the substantial growth of opportunities made present by the demand of more serial content for online and television platforms, the Episodic Storytelling Initiative gives writers the chance to refine their episodic-writing/producing skills. The institute offers a year-round program of Episodic Story Labs for 10 writers (or co-writing teams) to work with accomplished showrunners , non-writing creative producers, and studio and network executives. According to

483-972: A series of film and TV production classes, and hosts "The Miner Film Festival" each year for students to enter their films and show them at the Eccles Center. The portion of the city that is in Wasatch County is served by the Wasatch School District . The Park City Library is also located in Park City, Utah, and features various attractions. Park City is home to the Swaner EcoCenter , which also serves as an extension and distance education center for Utah State University . Park City operates its own free intra-city transit system (with additional service to limited areas of Summit and Wasatch County northeast of town provided by High Valley Transit ). Routes include service to

552-591: A short film challenge for young filmmakers ages 18 to 24. The entrants can win the Ignite Ticket Package, which is an exclusive chance to see the newest films at the upcoming Sundance Film Festival, and the Ignite Fellows Program, a year-round Festival and industry experience. Sundance Ignite also puts on Ignite On Tour, a traveling component designed for the winners to engage with Institute staff and alumni. The Sundance Ignite program

621-661: Is 600,000 per year. This significant increase in visitors could be credited to promotional material that is distributed by the Utah Publicity and Tourist Council. Growth has accelerated in the last few decades, and Park City is now one of the most affluent resort towns in the United States. According to the Bureau of Economic and Business Research, in 2012 travel, tourism and recreation generated $ 7.4 billion in spending and $ 960.6 million in state and local tax revenue for

690-481: Is a night club venue for rock, singer-songwriters, folk, country, and hip hop on Main Street in Park City during the Sundance Film Festival. Music Cafe daytime programming, produced by ASCAP, has featured such artists as India.Arie , Peter Gabriel , The Black Eyed Peas , Suzanne Vega , Sweet Pea Atkinson, Was (Not Was) and many others. The Native American and Indigenous Film Program facilitates

759-454: Is an especially pressing need in independent cinema. Despite their historical, artistic and cultural value, good prints of far too many indie films – even some made within the past decade – no longer exist. Chemical decomposition, neglect, and the changing ownership of film libraries have caused these prints to disappear. To create a living record of the history of independent film, Sundance Institute and UCLA Film and Television Archive initiated

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828-468: Is considered to be part of the Wasatch Back . The city is 32 miles (51 km) southeast of downtown Salt Lake City and 20 miles (32 km) from Salt Lake City's east edge of Sugar House along Interstate 80 . The population was 8,396 at the 2020 census . On average, the tourist population greatly exceeds the number of permanent residents. After a population decline following the shutdown of

897-568: Is noted for his work in directing documentary films . His debut, Fighter (2000) (director), was named one of the top documentaries of the year by Newsweek, Rolling Stone, and The Village Voice. Fighter won six international festival awards and was called “brilliant,” by The New Yorker, “enthralling” by the New York Times, and “one of the best documentaries of this year or any other” by Rolling Stone. The London Telegraph named Bar-Lev’s second film, My Kid Could Paint That , one of

966-459: Is served by The Park Record (the oldest continually published non-daily paper in Utah, and one of the oldest in the U.S.), TownLift (online news), and KPCW (a local NPR news/radio affiliate). The area was traveled by the early Mormon pioneers on their journey to where they settled and built Salt Lake City. One of their leaders, Parley P. Pratt , explored the canyon in 1848. He was given a charter

1035-567: Is supported by Adobe Project 1324, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications , the College of Visual Performing Arts at Syracuse University , and Chapman University . The Creative Distribution Initiative (CDI), part of the Creative Producing Initiative, is the institute's newest program inaugurated in 2017. Through online resources, workshops, and a network of organizations, CDI empowers filmmakers by teaching them

1104-532: Is the local school district of the portion of Park City in Summit County (almost all of Park City). Park City High School is located at 1752 Kearns Blvd, Park City, Utah. Park City School District's size is in the middle of the other Utah school districts, with more than 4,500 students. It is also close to the state average ethnic minority composition. Of its students 17% are ethnic minorities—mostly of Hispanic heritage. The school provides its students with

1173-513: The 2002 Olympic bobsled/skeleton/luge track at the Utah Olympic Park ; and golf courses. Some scenes from the 1994 film Dumb and Dumber were shot in the city. Outdoor-oriented businesses such as backcountry.com , Rossignol USA , and Skullcandy have their headquarters in Park City. The city has many retailers, clubs, bars, and restaurants, and has nearby reservoirs , hot springs , forests, and hiking and biking trails. In

1242-484: The Canyons Village , Deer Valley Resort , Empire Pass, Jeremy Ranch Park & Ride lot, Kimball Junction , Park City Resort , Park Meadows, Pinebrook, Prospector Square, Silver Lake Village, Silver Springs, Silver Summit/Highland Estates, and Thaynes Canyon. Bus service is offered between Park City and Salt Lake City via High Valley Transit 's route 107. Amir Bar-Lev Amir Bar-Lev (born 1972)

1311-590: The Ford Foundation . Documentary Fund grants are announced once a year. In 2016, the institute awarded over $ 1 million to artists for their documentary projects and global nonfiction storytelling. Launched in 2007, the New Frontier Labs and residency programs foster the works of boundary-pushing artists and technologists, marked by its central themes of innovation and unconventionalism. The New Frontier exhibition at Sundance Film Festival provides

1380-570: The NAACP Image Awards Best Documentary. Bar-Lev also directed The Tillman Story , a feature documentary about NFL safety Pat Tillman , who joined the Army Rangers in 2002 and was killed in a friendly fire incident two years later. The Tillman Story won an Emmy, and was named the top documentary of 2010 by The San Francisco Critics' Circle, The Florida Critics' Circle, and St. Louis Film Critics, and

1449-834: The Skywalker Sound studio in Marin County , California , aims to enhance the role of music in independent film. Composers Lab Alumni include Bijan Olia, Cindy O'Connor, Sergei Stern, Jackson Greenberg , Camilla Uboldi, Jesi Nelson, Adam Schoenberg , Rebecca Dale, Ryan Rumery, and Darryl Jones. Composers Lab Advisors in 2017 include James Newton Howard , Harry Gregson-Williams , Thomas Newman , George Clinton , Miriam Cutler , Laura Karpman , Doreen Ringer-Ross, Christopher Beck, Todd Boekelheide , Dennis Leonard , Bob Edwards, Pete Horner, Malcolm Fife, Bonnie Wild, David Accord, Adam Smalley, Miguel Arteta, Robb Moss, Amir Bar-Lev , Toby Shimin and Jon Burlingame. The Music Cafe

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1518-802: The Utah Olympic Park (including the Alf Engen Ski Museum and Eccles Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Winter Games Museum ), the Park City Museum, the Eccles Center Theater, an outlet mall, Main Street shopping and dining, and hundreds of miles of hiking and biking trails. The four resorts and Olympic Park offer activities and attractions in both the summer and winter. Park City hosts the Sundance Film Festival . The festivities are centered on Main Street, while film screenings are held in several venues both within and outside of Park City. Park City hosts an art festival each year,

1587-403: The 1950s, Utah began to use Park City as a mountain getaway, and not until D. James Canon promoted winter sports in Utah, with the promotional scheme of "Ski Utah" and "The Greatest Snow on Earth" did many drive to see the city. Utah drew in over 648,000 tourists in 1970 and now a yearly average of 4 million tourists. In a town with a population of 8,000, the average number of tourists in Park City

1656-473: The 1950s, the town nearly became a ghost town. This was due in part to a drop in the price of silver. The town was nearly destroyed by fire in 1898. Another accident occurred in 1902 when 34 miners were killed in an explosion in the Daly West Mine. The transformation of Park City into a ski destination town is primarily attributed to declining silver and metal prices during and following World War I,

1725-715: The 1980s, then went on to include other programs such as the Native American and Indigenous Film Program in 1994, the Theatre Program in 1997, the Documentary Film Program in 2002, the New Frontier program in 2007, the Creative Producing Initiative in 2008, the Episodic Storytelling Initiative in 2014, Sundance Ignite, a program for young filmmakers, in 2015, and the Creative Distribution Initiative (an extension of

1794-622: The Creative Producing Initiative) in 2017. At the U.S. Film Festival, after Sundance Institute took over in 1985, there were 85 films shown at two theatres in Park City with a staff of 13. In January 2017 at the present-day Sundance Film Festival, 181 films were shown at nine Park City theatres with a staff of 224 and 71,600 attendees. For three weeks each June in Sundance, Utah, Directors Lab Fellows rehearse, shoot and edit four to six scenes from their screenplays under

1863-737: The Documentary Composers Laboratory and Edit and Story Laboratory, panels at the Filmmakers Lodge at the Sundance Film Festival and the Sundance Independent Producers Conference, and a variety of collaborative international documentary initiatives. The Documentary Fund was established at Sundance Institute in 2002 with a gift from the Open Society Institute and is supported by a leadership grant from

1932-640: The Dollhouse , among many other works that might otherwise no longer exist. The Collection also provides a central resource for the study of independent film, containing a rare assemblage of material related to the history of independent cinema, including press kits and filmmaker interviews. Park City, Utah Park City is a city in Utah , United States. The vast majority is in Summit County with some portions extending into Wasatch County . It

2001-666: The Film Festival presented Native films as part a dedicated screening category. The Festival began incorporating Native and Indigenous films into its official film program in 2005. Over the course of its history, the Sundance Film Festival has showcased a range of work by Native and Indigenous filmmakers including dramatic films like Sterlin Harjo's Four Sheets to the Wind , Sherman Alexie 's The Business of Fancydancing , Chris Eyre 's Smoke Signals , Rachel Perkins ' One Night

2070-678: The Great Depression, and World War II. The mining community never fully recovered and so the town turned to skiing. The silver industry was suffering when 'Parkite' miners presented to Utahns Inc. a proposal for a ski resort called Treasure Mountain. United Park City Mines, who owned the land the resort would be built on, received a land-redevelopment grant from the John F. Kennedy Administration. Treasure Mountains (now Park City Mountain Resort) opened in 1963 on 10,000 acres (40 km ) of land

2139-571: The Kimball Arts Festival, which typically attracts around 50,000 visitors. Park City hosts two parades each year, one on July Fourth that attracts visitors from all over Utah, and one on Labor Day (locally called Miners' Day) that is more local-oriented. Park City co-hosted the 2002 Winter Olympics with Salt Lake City. Park City usually serves as the finish for the final leg of the Tour of Utah road bike race. Park City School District

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2208-611: The Lab, it is assigned a Sundance dramaturg who, in collaboration with the Producing Artistic Director, will work with that project prior to the Theatre Lab residency period. The Sundance Playwright's Retreat at Ucross, Wyoming is an eighteen-day writing colony where five playwrights and a composer convene each year and where a Sundance dramaturg can respond to work at an early stage of the creative process. Like

2277-571: The Moon , and Willi White's Miye, Unkiye; documentaries such as Heather Rae 's Trudell , Tom Murray and Allan Collins' Dhakiyarr vs. the King , and Merata Mita 's Hotere; and short films like Gabriel Lopez-Shaw and Sherwin Bitsui 's Chrysalis , Taika Waititi 's Two Cars, One Night , Katie Doane Tulugaq Avery 's Mama Dragon, and Shane McSauby's Mino Bimaadiziwin . The Theatre Program, under

2346-482: The Spotless Mind ), Heather Rae ( Frozen River ), Mary Jane Skalski ( Mysterious Skin ), Jay Van Hoy ( American Honey ), and more. Recent Creative Producing Fellows and their Feature Film works include Annie Silverstein's Bull , Cesar Cervantes' Hot Clip , Hannah Utt's Stupid Happy , Nick Bentgen's Dey'Dey and his Brothers , Gabriella Moses' Leche , and Pippa Bianco's Share . Initiated in 2014 as

2415-538: The State of Utah. That same year Utah's total gross domestic product was $ 128 billion, making tourism 5.8% of GDP for the Utah economy as a whole. Park City draws in 3,006,071 average annual visitors; in the winter 1,603,775, and in the summer 1,402,296. Park City benefits from the average nightly visitor spending $ 100 to $ 350. Currently, Park City primarily relies on its tourist industry from skiing to restaurants to hiking and biking. The makeover of Park City has stimulated

2484-785: The Sundance Collection at UCLA in 1997, and with contributions from studios and distributors as well as hundreds of individual filmmakers, the Collection's holdings have grown to include over 300 film prints. The archive represents a diversity of work from the Sundance Film Festival as well as projects developed through the Sundance Labs. From features to documentaries to shorts, prints in the Collection include Sex, Lies, and Videotape , Reservoir Dogs , The Living End , Smoke Signals , Amores Perros , Harlan County, USA , Love & Basketball , and Welcome to

2553-505: The Sundance Documentary Fund. The Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program provides year-round support to nonfiction contemporary-issue filmmakers internationally. The program encourages the exploration of innovative nonfiction storytelling, and promotes the exhibition of documentary films to a broader audience. It supports independent artists both domestically and internationally through the Sundance Documentary Fund,

2622-618: The Sundance Institute Documentary Fund, the Theatre Program, and the Film Music Program. The Sundance Film Festival provides a world stage for compelling and innovative films by Native American and Indigenous filmmakers. The Festival also hosts the annual Native Forum, a program of panel discussions, filmmaker workshops, and networking events that provide opportunities for indigenous filmmakers to share their expertise and knowledge with each other and

2691-466: The Sundance Resort in Utah, other U.S. cities, and internationally. Projects rehearse every other day to give playwrights adequate time for rewrites. There is no physically controllable space, such as a 'black box.' Although lighting and scenic production values are not available, designers have sometimes participated as part of the development of the projects text. When a project is accepted into

2760-691: The area's mining industry , the city rebounded during the 1980s and 1990s through an expansion of its tourism business. As of 2021 the city brings in a yearly average of $ 529.8 million to the Utah Economy as a tourist hot spot, $ 80 million of which is attributed to the Sundance Film Festival . The city has two major ski resorts : Deer Valley Resort and Park City Mountain Resort (combined with Canyons Village at Park City) and one minor resort: Woodward Park City (an action sports training and fun center). Both Deer Valley and Park City Mountain Resorts were

2829-640: The direction of Philip Himberg, supports the development of independent theatre. Lab Alumni and projects include Tanya Barfield 's Blue Door , Adam Guettel and Craig Lucas ' The Light in the Piazza , Lisa Kron 's Well , Jessica Hagedorn 's Dogeaters , Stew 's Passing Strange , Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik 's Spring Awakening , Moisés Kaufman 's The Laramie Project , Doug Wright 's I Am My Own Wife , Darko Tresnjak 's A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder , and Lisa Kron and Jeanine Tesori 's Fun Home . The Theatre Labs take place at

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2898-506: The ever-changing ins and outs of what it takes to distribute and market independent film. For the Sundance Institute alumni, CDI also offers free consultations on Kickstarter campaigns. Their first release under this initiative was the 2017 film Columbus . The institute maintains the Sundance Collection at UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) to conserve and archive the history of independent film. Film preservation

2967-517: The executive committee. In 2010, Keri Putnam was named Executive Director. In 1985, the Sundance Institute assumed management of the fledgling United States Film Festival, which had been experiencing financial problems. The institute hired Tony Safford from the AFI Kennedy Center program as managing director and renamed the festival. The institute started off with its Feature Film Program and Film Music Program (revived later in 1994) in

3036-425: The following year to build a toll road through it, which was finished in 1849. The basin at the top of the canyon was an ideal place to graze, and a few families settled. Early on, the area was deeded to Samuel Snyder, Heber C. Kimball and Jedediah Grant . The settlers named it "Parley's Park City", which was shortened to "Park City" upon the town's incorporation in 1884. The first known discovery of ore in this area

3105-581: The glare of the national spotlight. The film premiered at Sundance 2014 and was released theatrically in November of that year. Variety called it “nuanced but quietly excoriating,” while Kenneth Turan at the LA Times called the film “explosive.” Bar-Lev’s most recent film, Long Strange Trip , a four hour epic on the Grateful Dead was called "one of the most engrossing rock docs ever made" by

3174-405: The institute's founder, Robert Redford, "Sundance Institute has always worked to develop and support a next generation of independent artists. As more of those artists look to the opportunities in television and online platforms, it is only natural that we expand our labs to address the unique needs of serialized work." Partnered with Adobe's Project 1324 contest, Sundance Ignite launched in 2015 as

3243-726: The larger independent film community. The Native American and Indigenous Program is supported by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation , Surdna Foundation , Time Warner Foundation, Ford Foundation , Native Arts and Cultures Foundation , SAGindie , Comcast-NBCUniversal, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation , Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , the Embassy of Australia, Indigenous Media Initiatives, Taika Waititi , The White Feather Foundation, Fenton Bailey and Billy Luther , and Pacific Islanders in Communications. From 1994 to 2004,

3312-578: The largest ski area in the U.S. In all, the resort boasts 17 slopes, 14 bowls, 300 trails and 22 miles (35 km) of lifts. The city is the main location of the United States' largest independent film festival, the Sundance Film Festival ; home of the United States Ski Team ; training center for members of the Australian Freestyle Ski Team ; the largest collection of factory outlet stores in northern Utah;

3381-465: The major locations for ski and snowboarding events at the 2002 Winter Olympics , and are expected to reprise these roles for the 2034 Winter Olympics . Although they receive less snow and have a shorter ski season than do their counterparts in Salt Lake County , such as Snowbird resort, they are much easier to access. In 2015, Park City Ski Resort and Canyons resorts merged, creating

3450-476: The mentorship of accomplished directors, editors, cinematographers and actors who serve as Creative Advisors. In addition to the creative support offered through Labs and workshops, Sundance Institute helps independent filmmakers complete their work through various grants and fellowships. Many of these opportunities are designated for filmmakers selected to participate in the institute's Feature Film Program. The Sundance Institute Composers Lab, held every summer at

3519-521: The miners owned with mineral rights. This is said to be when tourists first largely began to visit Park City. This marks the beginning of the ski industry largely promoted by the Utah State Legislation as a destination resort. Since the rise of the skiing and tourist economy, Park City houses more tourists than residents. It has become a place of fame through the 2002 Winter Olympic Games and provides more attractions than ever before. In

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3588-556: The next generation of independent producers, the Creative Producing Labs and fellowships is a 5-day long Lab that focuses on the producer as a whole. With the help of experienced advisors, Creative Producing Fellows have the chance to explore their own take on cinematic material and to equip themselves with the skills and experience necessary in the scripting and editing stages of a filmic piece. Past Creative Advisors include producers Anthony Bregman ( Eternal Sunshine of

3657-697: The other two Labs, the Ucross Retreat includes both emerging and established artists. Artists are selected by invitation only. In May 2016, Sundance Institute had its first Theatre Lab in the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region, in the Ourika Valley of Morocco . The Sundance Documentary Film Program assists nonfiction filmmakers from around the world with a series of workshops in editing, storytelling, and scoring for documentary films as well as providing grants to nonfiction film projects through

3726-633: The participation of Native and Indigenous artists in the institute's artistic development programs and the Sundance Film Festival . To date, the Initiative has facilitated the participation of many Native artists into the Sundance Film Festival, the Independent Producers Conference, and the institute's Feature Film Program. In 2008 the Initiative expanded its focus to include outreach to documentarians, theatre artists, and musicians seeking financial and creative support through

3795-581: The population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. As of the census of 2010, there were 7,558 people, 2,885 households, and 1,742 families residing in the city. The population density was 430.2 inhabitants per square mile (166.1/km ). There were 9,471 housing units at an average density of 539.1 per square mile (208.1/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 81.0% White , 0.6% African American , 0.30% Native American , 2.1% Asian , 0.3% Pacific Islander , 13.5% from other races , and 2.3% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 24.1% of

3864-442: The population. There were 2,885 households, out of which 26.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.4% were married couples living together, 7.3% had a female householder with no husband present, 2.6% had a male householder with no wife present, and 39.6% were non-families. Of all households 25.8% were made up of individuals, and 5.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size

3933-532: The southeast, south, and west. It is accessed by State Route 224 from Interstate 80 to the north and State Route 248 (Kearns Boulevard), which heads east to U.S. Route 40 and on to Kamas . From Park City north through the Snyderville Basin there is a low topographic divide with McLeod Creek on the western side and Silver Creek on the eastern side. Summers in Park City are warm with cool nights, while winters are cold and snowy. The city has

4002-575: The spring of 1980, included Executive Director Sterling Van Wagenen , director of film development programs Jenny Walz Selby, and director of development Jon Lear. Frank Daniel was secured as artistic director. This staff produced the first Filmmakers Lab in June 1981, which fortuitously followed the Academy Awards at which Ordinary People (the directorial debut of Robert Redford) won numerous awards, including Best Picture. Michelle Satter joined

4071-664: The staff in June 1981 and subsequently opened up the Los Angeles office of the institute. The Sundance Institute's 1981 founding Board of trustees included Robert Redford, Sterling VanWagenen, Robert E. Gipson, Ian Calderon, Robert Geller, George White, Irving Azoff, Saul Bass , Ian Cumming, Frank Daniel, Christopher Dodd, Moctesuma Esparza , Dr. Robert Gray, Alan Jacobs, Karl Malden, Mary McFadden, Mike Medavoy , Victor Nunez , Wayne Owens, Sydney Pollack , Gilbert Shelton, Annick Smith , Anthony Thomopoulos, Claire Townsend, and Robert Townsend. The first six listed were also members of

4140-740: The storm and an uncertain future ahead. Bar-Lev served as co-producer on the resulting film, Trouble the Water , which was a 2009 Academy Award Nominee. Trouble The Water also took the Grand Jury Prize at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival , the Grand Jury Award at Full Frame, a Special Jury Mention at Silverdocs, won the IFP Gotham Award for Best Documentary, and was nominated for the PGA Documentary award, and

4209-589: The summertime, many valley residents of the Wasatch Front visit the town to escape high temperatures. Park City is usually cooler than Salt Lake City as it lies mostly higher than 7,000 feet (2,100 m) above sea level , while Salt Lake City is situated at an elevation of about 4,300 feet (1,300 m). In 2011, the town was awarded a Gold-level Ride Center designation from the International Mountain Bicycling Association for its mountain bike trails, amenities and community. Park City Municipal, along with Basin Recreation manage bike trails in Park City. Park City

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4278-430: The top 100 films of all time. The Philadelphia Inquirer described it as "Fascinating... A thought- provoking look at the world of abstract art, the relationship between a reporter and his/her subject, and, just for the heck of it, the nature of truth." Bar-Lev traveled to New Orleans nine days after Hurricane Katrina and began filming a young married couple, both crack dealers, with a heroic story of survival during

4347-450: The weathered remains of the California-Comstock and Silver King Mines and the water towers once used to hydrate one of the biggest mines, the Silver King, provide some history of this mining town transformed into a skiing resort. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 17.567 square miles (45.50 km ), all land. Park City is located at the south end of Snyderville Basin and climbs steep mountains to

4416-399: Was 2.6 and the average family size was 3.03. The age distribution was 23.0% under the age of 20, 7.2% from 20 to 24, 30.7% from 25 to 44, 30.4% from 45 to 64, and 8.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37.4 years. For every 100 females, there were 112.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 114.7 males. As of the census of 2000, the median income for

4485-416: Was by men serving under Colonel Patrick E. Connor , who invited his men to prospect in the area after having been relocated from Gold Rush -era California. The finding of silver, gold and lead sparked the first silver mines in Park City in the 1860s. Park City's large mining boom brought large crowds of prospectors setting up camps around the mountain terrain, marking the first mining settlements. Although it

4554-489: Was mayor of Salt Lake City . In 1880, a spur line was established to the Echo station of the First transcontinental railroad . By 1892 the Silver King Mine and its owners Thomas Kearns and David Keith took the spotlight as one of the most famous silver mines in the world. While silver mines were doing well in Utah, other mines around the world were not doing as well, which drew many of these miners to Park City. The town flourished with crowds of miners and wealth, but by

4623-410: Was nominated for ten additional critics' circle prizes, the National Board of Review Documentary award, the PGA Documentary award, and the Cinema Eye Audience Choice award. Bar-Lev’s 2013 film Happy Valley took a multidimensional look at the complicated and tragic tale of the sexual abuse scandal at Penn State , and created a parable of guilt, responsibility, and identity for a small town caught in

4692-429: Was not the first find, the Ontario silver mine , discovered by Herman Buden in 1872 and quickly purchased by George Hearst through his business partner R. C. Chambers , was the first major producer. Another prominent mining family was that of William Montague Ferry Jr . Ferry Moved to Utah from West Michigan already a very wealthy man. He had previously been a Colonel in the Union Army , mayor of Grand Haven , and

4761-468: Was son of wealthy businessman William Montague Ferry . Ferry was followed by a group of other wealthy Michiganders (including his brother Edward Payson Ferry ) who came to be the social elites of the town. The Ferry family owned numerous mines including the Marsac Silver mining Company and the Silver King Coalition Mines. Col Ferry also donated the land for Westminster College and unsuccessfully ran for governor of Utah. Edward Ferry's son W. Mont Ferry

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