
Bans Off
Our Stories:
The Solidarity in
Narrative
2026 Sundance Film Festival
Presented by:
Level Forward &
Population Media Center
Saturday, January 24, 2026
7:00 - 10:00pm
The Park
When a community is under attack, stories fight back. Inspired by our films and projects, we believe terms like sisterhood and motherhood are VERBS, powerful calls-to-action to protect, uplift, and most importantly, CARE for one another. In other words, sisterhood is for everyone. So then, how can we become stronger practitioners of solidarity through narrative?
Join Level Forward, Population Media Center, and our partners at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival for a night of creative inspiration – amplifying the key role storytellers play in imagining and creating social progress, announcing new special initiatives, and celebrating the festival premiere of LADY, a film by Olive Nwosu. Get ready for “A Lagos Night in The Mountains!”
This multimodal storytelling experience will empower filmmakers, producers, financiers, distributors, agents, and brands with a community-building night of new relationships, tools, language, and tactics for a resurgent cultural force that leaves no one behind and centers independent creative voices.
Become model citizens of care & reignite your inner fire through live music and performances, exclusive screenings, a special edition More To Talk About with filmmakers and changemakers, partner activations, testimony, gifts, photo-opps, swag and merch, actionable next steps, and more to be announced.
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