Sundance filmmakers, stars react to ICE chaos in Minnesota: 'We cannot act like this is not happening'

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PARK CITY, Utah — As filmmakers celebrated independent moviemaking at the Sundance Film Festival, events unfolding nationally cast a pall on the indie showcase’s final installment in Park City.More than a thousand miles away from the mountain town, ongoing ICE crackdowns in Minneapolis resulted in the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti Saturday morning by federal agents.“It’s remarkable and disturbing all at the same time,” said director Alex Gibney, at Sundance with “Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie,” to The Times Saturday afternoon.“I mean, what’s great about it is that you have evidence.

You have evidence of the truth in terms of this kind of state-sponsored terrorism being meted out on Americans.”On Jan.7, Renee Nicole Good was shot and killed in Minneapolis by an ICE officer.

Footage of both Pretti’s and Good’s deaths spread widely across social media and news reports, igniting protests.“These are not normal times,” actor Edward Norton told The Times in an interview Sunday morning.“It’s like we have extrajudicial assaults on Americans and humans going on on a daily basis now.

And it’s not OK.Even though all people kind of have to put one foot in front of the other and deal with the demands of the day, we cannot act like this is not happening.” Movies Join us for the Sundance Film Festival.

For the event’s final time in Park City, we’re covering the buzzy premieres and having stars drop by our photo and video studio.Follow along!Norton is one of the stars of “The Invite,” which premiered at Sundance on Saturday night.“I think what they’re doing in Minnesota with the strike needs to expand,” he continued.

“I think we should be talking about a national general economic strike until this is over.”Around noon Sunday, a small group of anti-ICE protesters briefly walked up Main Street with signs, urging people who ...