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Each year, RadioWest sits down for in-depth conversations with filmmakers and producers during the Sundance Film Festival. Just like the festival, the RadioWest team has eclectic taste. We hope you enjoy the diversity of topics as much as we do.

Sundance 2018: Won't You Be My Neighbor?

KUER 90.1 | By Doug Fabrizio
Published January 22, 2018 at 9:00 AM MST
Courtesy of Sundance Institute

Monday, we kick off our Sundance Film Festival with the documentary Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Director Morgan Neville joins us to talk about the life and philosophy of television icon Fred Rogers.

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Who doesn’t remember Mr. Rogers and trips to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe? In a new documentary at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, director Morgan Neville explores the life and philosophy of the television icon. It was Fred Rogers’ wife Joanne who told Neville not to make Fred out to be a saint in the film because he wasn’t. But he was a person who respected children and built a career with love “at the root of everything.” Morgan Neville joins us to talk about Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

Screening times for Won't You Be My Neighbor?

  • Fri. 1/19, 7:00 p.m., Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center Wagner, SLC
  • Sat. 1/20, noon, Temple Theatre, Park City
  • Fri. 1/26, 12:30 p.m., The Ray, Park City
  • Sat. 1/27, 6:00 p.m., Salt Lake City Library, SLC

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Thanks to Impact Partners and to Utah Olympic Park for hosting this live conversation.

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Doug Fabrizio
Doug Fabrizio has been reporting for KUER News since 1987, and became News Director in 1993. In 2001, he became host and executive producer of KUER's RadioWest, a one hour conversation/call-in show on KUER 90.1 in Salt Lake City. He has gained a reputation for his thoughtful style. He has interviewed everyone from Isabel Allende to the Dalai Lama, and from Madeleine Albright to Desmond Tutu. His interview skills landed him a spot as a guest host of the national NPR program, "Talk of the Nation." He has won numerous awards for his reporting and for his work with RadioWest and KUED's Utah NOW from such organizations as the Society of Professional Journalists, the Utah Broadcasters Association, the Public Radio News Directors Association and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
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