Utah Premiere: "Goddess of Slide" + "Free to a Good Home" +Q&A @Frontier Homestead, Cedar City, Utah

Name: Utah Premiere: "Goddess of Slide" + "Free to a Good Home" +Q&A @Frontier Homestead, Cedar City, Utah
Start: 2025-09-24T14:30:00-06:00
End: 2025-09-24T16:15:00-06:00
Location: Frontier Homestead State Park

Schedule

Wed Sep 24 2025 at 02:30 pm to 04:15 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

Frontier Homestead State Park | Cedar City, UT

See the Utah Premiere of the music documentary "Goddess of Slide" plus the short "Free to a Good Home" with Q&A with the filmmakers. Frontier Homestead State Park, 635 N. Main, Cedar City, Utah. $10 at the door.
Passes: https://redrockfilmfestival.eventive.org/passes/buy
Wed, Sep 24th, 2:30 PM @ Frontier Homestead - Theater
Fri, Sep 26th, 8:40 PM @ Frontier Homestead - Theater
https://redrockfilmfestival.eventive.org/schedule/goddess-of-slide-free-to-a-good-home-68ba6745af0748f867a9ff1a
"Goddess of Slide"
Ellen McIlwaine was a legendary – and largely forgotten – Canadian musician who fought for her right to play the slide guitar, a male-dominated instrument in a male-dominated world. Eight months after arriving in Greenwich Village with no prospects, she found herself opening for the biggest blues legends in the world, like Odetta, Richie Havens, and Mississippi John Hurt. But it’s the six magical nights Ellen, a young fearless redhead, ignited the stage with Jimi Hendrix that changed the course of her life. Goddess of Slide is an intimate look at a pioneer performer whose road trip to stardom and long career deserves a rightful place in music history.
Director Alfonso Maiorana is a filmmaker and cinematographer with over 30 years of experience in the motion film industry. He began his career in Montreal and Vancouver directing music videos, independent short films, and documentaries.
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"Free to a Good Home"
A single mother is forced to re-confront her husband's death after she accidentally kills her daughter's cat—unless she can replace it without her daughter noticing.
Director John Newton has been making movies since he was 13, when he began shooting and editing ski movies of his older brothers. Since then, his short films have won Student Emmys; he has done music videos for artists like The Villa Theater and Silver Cup.