Living Traditions Films and Storytelling

At the Salt Lake City Main Library

Another component of the Living Traditions experience is Living Traditions Films. In partnership with the Salt Lake City Public Library, KUED Channel 7 and the SLC Film Center a series of films on topics related to cultural expression and diversity. The films are screened in the auditorium of the Main Library, just east of the festival grounds.

We Shall Remain

“We Shall Remain” is a powerful five-part series produced by KUED in collaboration with the award-winning PBS series “American Experience”. It is a provocative, multi-media project that establishes Native American history as essential to the history of the United States. These unprecedented collaborations between Native and non-Native filmmakers focus on five American Indian Tribes of the Great Basin region we call Utah.

Films are screened in the auditorium at the Downtown Salt Lake City Library. Each program explores the history, culture, language and challenges of the tribe through the voices of tribe members.

We Shall Remain: The Utah Voices

Films will be screened without a break in between.

12 noon
We Shall Remain: The Paiute (27 minutes). A profile of the Paiute tribal communities of Southern Utah.

12:30PM
We Shall Remain: The Ute (27 minutes). A profile of the Ute tribal communities of Utah.

1:00 PM
We Shall Remain: The Navajo (27 minutes). A profile of the Navajo tribal community of the Four Corners region.

1:30 PM
We Shall Remain: The Goshute (27 minutes). A profile of the Goshute tribal communities based in the Great Basin region.

2:00 PM
We Shall Remain: The Northwestern Shoshone (27 minutes). A profile of the Shoshone tribal community traditionally rooted in Utah.

Sunday, May 17 - 5:30-6:15 p.m
We Shall Remain: Native American Issues and Culture: A panel discussion on this project is scheduled at the Living Traditions Workshop stage.

International Film Series

The International Film Series presented by the Salt Lake City Film Center and Salt Lake City Public Library will also be screening films in the auditorium of the Main Library.

Umberto D.
Saturday, May 16 -1:00 pm
Directed by Vittorio De Sica
Not Rated- Mature Audiences
Italian with English Subtitles
89 minutes, 1952

Pandora’s Box (1930)
Saturday, May 16 -3:00 pm
Directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Not Rated- Mature Audiences
Silent with English Subtitles
109 minutes, 1930

Living Traditions Festival Storytelling

Living Traditions Storytelling at the Salt Lake City Main Library is a unique opportunity for families and young children to hear diverse stories and tales from different cultural groups of the Living Tradition community.

Saturday, May 16

Helen Taylor, Weaver of Wiles, presents “World Folktales: A Storytelling Performance.” 12pm Auditorium
Latin American Storytime – 1:30pm Lower Urban Room
African Storytime – 2:30pm Lower Urban Room