For the first time ever, Audible will be bringing the Audible Speakeasy to the Sundance Film Festival. The space, located on Main Street in Park City, UT from January 24th through January 27th will host events and panel discussions throughout the first weekend of the festival.
Check out the details for the Speakeasy below:
Audible Inc., the world’s largest producer and seller of spoken-word entertainment and audiobooks, today announced it will make its Sundance Film Festival debut as the Festival’s exclusive audio entertainment sponsor with The Audible Speakeasy, where stories are stirred, shaken and spoken.
The Speakeasy will provide a home for powerful voices and feature innovative filmmakers and creatives through panel discussions curated and hosted by the Los Angeles Times. Audible Speakeasy attendees are also invited to relax through daily, 30-minute sound baths hosted by a leading voice in sound bath experiences, Sara Auster. Guests will be introduced to sound meditation with guided instructions focused on breathing practices.
- WHERE: THE AUDIBLE SPEAKEASY 692 Main Street, Park City (at 7th Street)
- WHEN: Friday, January 24 – Sunday, January 26: 10:30am – 4:00pm & Monday, January 27: 10:00am – 3:00pm *Speakeasy will close promptly at 4:00pm (Jan. 24-26) for RSVP-only private events
Daily Public Programming
- 9:00 – 10:00am: Sound Bath with Sara Auster (RSVP required)
- Afternoon: Los Angeles Times Panel (Jan. 24-26)
FRIDAY, JANUARY 24
2:30 – 3:30pm: “How We Made It” Panel, hosted by the Los Angeles Times
Moderator: Alison Brower, Los Angeles Times Deputy Editor, Arts & Entertainment
Panelists: Heidi Ewing, filmmaker (I Carry You With Me, Love Fraud), Rebecca Hall, actor (The Night House), Ron Howard, filmmaker (Rebuilding Paradise), Sasheer Zamata, actor (Spree) and Amy Ziering, filmmaker (Untitled Russell Simmons documentary)
Los Angeles Times deputy editor Alison Brower will lead a conversation about practical and artistic challenges across genres, how documentary and narrative storytellers respond to character and production hurdles, and the themes that unite great stories.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 25
1:15 – 1:45pm: In Conversation With Rufus Wainwright
Moderator: Kate Navin, Audible Artistic Producer
Legendary Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter and composer Rufus Wainwright will join Audible’s Artistic Producer Kate Navin in a spirited conversation about the creative process in which powerful music and stories are born. Wainwright will explore his upcoming original project “Road Trip Elegies: Montreal to New York” which covers a journey he took many times with his beloved late mother, Canadian folk singer, Kate McGarrigle, from Montreal to New York City. The route represents both a physical and metaphorical life journey for him, one that oscillates between the emotional poles of his divorced mother and father living in Canada and New York, respectively.
2:00 – 3:00pm: “Music and Storytelling” Panel, hosted by the Los Angeles Times
Moderator: Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
Panelists: Eugene Ashe, writer-director (Sylvie’s Love), Alison Ellwood, filmmaker (The Go-Go’s), Belinda Carlisle, musician (The Go-Go’s), and additional participants to be announced
Los Angeles Times writer Amy Kaufman will lead a conversation about the intersection of music and storytelling — how to capture the magic of great performers and performances, how music drives narrative, and the art of creating songs that tell stories and stories that amplify musicians’ craft.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 26
2:30 – 3:30pm: “Transcendence of Narrative” Panel, hosted by the Los Angeles Times
Moderator: Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
Participants: Tessa Thompson, actor (Sylvie’s Love), Nnamdi Asomugha, actor and producer (Sylvie’s Love), Colman Domingo, actor (Zola) and Justin Simien, writer-director (Bad Hair)
Los Angeles Times writer Mark Olsen will lead a conversation about how great narratives can be told and retold, exploring how different storytelling formats inspire and inflect creation and provide new opportunities and challenges.
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