Kent Maxwell, who died this month, 'single-handedly did more for independent film in Utah than anyone,' in the opinion of Utah filmmaker Trent Harris, his friend.
Maxwell, who screened avant-garde movies and homegrown works at the Utah Film & Video Center, died Feb. 3.
He brought the best of underground cinema to Salt Lake City, showing the often-ignored and seldom-seen works of great experimental filmmakers from around the world. He brought in heavy-hitter guests like Kenneth Anger and Craig Baldwin. He championed the films of C. Larry Roberts and Russian filmmaker Yevgeny Yufit. It was important because no one else would do it.
Kent would also screen any local filmmaker that walked in the door. He ran a festival of local work in which every piece entered in the festival got a screening, regardless of length, quality or subject. He believed in crashing forward. Put it out there and see if it sticks to the wall. His job was not to judge; it was to show.
There was another time when I showed one of my movies and my mom gave away hot sauce as a door prize and everybody liked the hot sauce way more than my film. Boy, I miss that place.
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