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Sundance: movies, music and more

I am home after the last weekend at Sundance and saw a few more good movies.  I'll add them to the list.    I had a great time talking movies with so many people.  Sue, Carly and I have been having a great time.   I spent the first few nights up there just hanging out with them, since I didn't actually have to work until late Sunday night.   So here are a few of my favorite movies.......so far: Prom Night in Mississippi- a documentary about a school in Miss. that still has segregated proms.  Morgan Freeman offered to pay for the prom if they would have just one.  Who would have thought that 1 1/2 hours of listening to high schoolers talk could be so entertaining.  I really liked it. Rough Aunties - a documentary about a group of women in South Africa that work for a nonprofit organization that counsels sexually abused children and works to bring their abusers to justice.  But mostly it was a film how these women strengthen and support each other in tragic situations.  And two...