"The Black List," a documentary profiling such prominent African Americans as Colin Powell, Toni Morrison and Chris Rock, doesn't have its Sundance premiere until tonight in Park City. But filmmakers held a special advance screening Monday for the Salt Lake City branch of the NAACP in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday.
The afternoon screening at the Broadway theater in downtown Salt Lake marked the first time director Timothy Greenfield-Sanders and producer Elvis Mitchell had seen the movie before a live audience. Afterwards, they hosted a lengthy Q&A about the film, which has been purchased by HBO.
"Everybody liked it very well," said NAACP Salt Lake President Jeanetta Williams when asked Tuesday about audience response to the film. "It shouldn't be a movie just for African Americans to watch. It's a movie for everybody. It shows the discrimination that still happens in this day and age."
-- Brandon Griggs