January 22th 2005:

Boston Globe:
Boston connections heat up Sundance

Well, now we understand why Bostonians are having such a difficult time getting a flight to Utah.

A new episode of WGBH's ''American Experience" about sex researcher Alfred Kinsey screens this afternoon at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City. The film, which airs Feb. 14, will be introduced by executive producer Mark Samels. A panel discussion that includes Kinsey Institute director Julia Heiman follows the screening. Samels also will be on hand Wednesday for a roundtable discussion on ''When Worlds Collide: Sex, Science, Seduction, and Sovereignty" sponsored by the Creative Coalition. Today is also the Sundance premiere of director Marcos Siega's ''Pretty Persuasion," which stars Evan Rachel Wood and James Woods. One of 16 films in the dramatic feature category, it gives venture capitalist-turned-filmmaker Todd Dagres his first credit as a producer, while Emerson College alum Eric Kopeloff is one of the film's executive producers.

''Inside Deep Throat," a documentary by Fenton Bailey and Emerson grad Randy Barbato, will premiere at Sundance and is slated to go into wide release next month.

Emerson alum Maryanne Galvin's ''The Pursuit of Pleasure" will be screened at the Freedom Cinema Festival, running concurrently with Sundance in Park City.

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boston_connections_heat_up_sundance

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