Sundance sets sail amid storm clouds

January 15, 2009 With a tough economy, a presidential inauguration and the specter of Proposition 8 protests hovering over Sundance, festival leaders Thursday stressed the event's importance and survival, even in difficult times. Sundance founder Robert Redford said that despite downturns in film financing and the larger economy, filmmakers will secure the means to make the movies that audiences will respond to. "Art will find a way," he said at an opening news conference.

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