January 23-25 | 2026
1205 Iron Horse Drive,
Park City, UT

The Solidarity House will serve as a home for deep conversation and creative activation—featuring panel discussions, intimate gatherings, and dynamic activations—all taking place at a centrally located Distrikt F. RSVPs, confirmed speakers, talent, and full programming details will go live in 2026. Sign up to be the first to know.

Friday — January 23, 2026



  • Liberation Lab is a partner-led, immersive expo hosted by The Solidarity House during Sundance 2026. Designed as a circuit of action stations, it brings coalition organizations together to share practical tools and tactics that sustain artists, shift power, and build durable creative ecosystems. This is not a showcase—it’s a working lab for experimentation, exchange, and collective problem-solving.

  • A soft-landing gathering with music, shared bites, and opening words to usher our community into the space.

Saturday — January 24, 2026

  • In an era of media consolidation, cultural erasure, and accelerating crises, building real power demands a new national narrative capable of holding the weight of both our history and our future. This conversation brings together leading storytellers, filmmakers, cultural strategists, and organizers who are shaping some of the most crucial solidarity stories of the 21st century.

    Featuring:

    • Savannah Romero, BLIS Collective (Moderator)

    • Colleen Thurston, Filmmaker/ Producer

    • Kahlil Greene, Content Creator

    • Idris Brewster, Kinfolk Tech

    • Noelani Auguston, Children of the Setting Sun Productions, Screenwriter/ Producer

    • Tracy Rector, Kikuyu Land

  • As technology increasingly mediates how we fund our work, tell our stories, and reach our audiences, are we building systems that expand human agency—or erode it? This panel explores how the platforms we use and the stories we tell about technology shape both our power as artists and our audiences' sense of control over their own futures.

    Featuring:

    • Emily Best, Seed&Spark (Moderator)

    • Charlie Tyrell, The AI DOC

    • Dayo Olopade, Mozilla Foundation

    • Valerie Veatch, filmmaker of Ghost in the Machine

  • A grounded, hopeful, and candid discussion about navigating increased political backlash while still pushing creative boundaries.

  • 5:00–6:00 PM: Panel Discussion
    6:00–8:00 PM: 10th Anniversary Celebration + Gathering

    Artist-centered organizations take the stage as living examples of what’s possible—sharing how they build resilient, imaginative infrastructures that support artists and move the field forward. Join us for an intimate conversation between two visionary leaders who have spent the past decade creating bold possibility models for independent storytellers, filmmakers, and creators to thrive.

    The panel conversation will take place from 5:00–6:00 PM, followed by X Marks the Spot: A 10th Anniversary Gathering, honoring a decade of collective impact and solidarity from Open Television (OTV) and Brown Girls Doc Mafia (BDGM) from 6:00–8:00 PM featuring DJ KIAH G.

    Featuring:

    • Lauren Pabst, MacArthur Foundation

    • Elijah McKinnon, Open Television (OTV)

    • Iyabo Boyd, Brown Girls Doc Mafia (BDGM)

Sunday — January 25, 2026

  • This panel explores new approaches to funding culture change, bringing together funders, artists, and cultural strategists who are reshaping how resources flow toward narrative power, community-led storytelling, and long-term cultural impact. Together, panelists will examine what it takes to invest in cultural work that shifts systems and how innovative funding models can fuel lasting, justice-centered transformation.

    Featuring:

    • Jon Sesrie Goff, Ford Foundation (Moderator)

    • Aisha Goss, The Center for Cultural Power

    • Arij Mikati, Pillars Fund

    • Emily Best, Seed&Spark

    • Sharifa Johka, Twenty43 Ventures

    • Nicola Schulze, Women’s Foundation of CA

  • A dynamic, multi-discipline panel exploring how artists today can protect their safety, strengthen their security, and build sustainable practices amid an evolving creative and cultural landscape.

    Featuring:

    • Aisha Burrowes-Becker, Feminist (Moderator)

    • Adam Michael Royston, Queer Livelihoods Project

    • Aya H, “Hakawatieh” and Watermelon Pictures

    • Damara Catlett, Bryson Gillette

    • Rabab Haj Yahya, “Hakawatieh” and Watermelon Pictures

  • This panel explores how shifting policies across labor, technology, funding, and distribution are reshaping independent documentary filmmaking. Panelists will examine the regulatory changes affecting creators, the opportunities and constraints they introduce, and how filmmakers and cultural organizations are responding through collective strategies and documentaries that engage policy and narrative change to navigate an evolving and uncertain industry landscape.

    Featuring:

    • Orly Ravid (Moderator)

    • Don Young, CAAM

    • Dawn Porter, “When a Witness Recants”

    • Jax Deluca, Future FIlm Coalition

    • Loira Limbal, Firelight

  • Entertainment-industry jobs have a reputation for being demanding and unpredictable—especially for independent creators—yet filmmakers are finding innovative ways to make filmmaking more accessible and approachable. This panel will explore opportunities to improve working conditions through labor-, family-, and care-centered practices that are compatible with current systems, as well as through collective action to support industry and policy changes that benefit all creators.

    Featuring:

    • Vicki Shabo, New America (Moderator)

    • Apoorva Charan, Take Me Home

    • Cassidy Dimon, FWD-Doc

    • Chanelle Elaine, Kashif Incubator and Twenty43 Ventures

  • 6:30PM - 7:00PM: Opening Remarks from Solidarity House Coalition Members​

    “How do we make this house a home and what comes next for Solidarity House?” While the Solidarity House experience in Utah is coming to a close, what we practiced must continue, and be carried by the people in the room and the relationships forged within it.

    Together, we will reflect on what it means to carry this work forward into Colorado, grounding our next chapter in solidarity with local workers, independent storytellers who call it home, and the Native nations whose lands we will visit. Followed by a soft closing gathering to the Solidarity House at Sundance Film Festival 2026.