Robert Redford launched the Sundance Film Festival in 1985 to promote new filmmakers and low budget films, and to help keep independent cinema alive. In the festival’s first year, just 150 people attended. Today the festival attracts tens of thousands of people each year. In an interview with Redford at the 2009 estival in Park City, I had the opportunity to sit down with him to discuss the festival’s history and growth.

“I did not imagine it would have quite the impact that it’s had. I mean in the earlier years there was no one that came. There was no one from Hollywood that came. I got no support from my industry, financially. People were doubtful that it could succeed because they said it’s not commercial and it's in the middle of winter up in Mormon country. And I said, none of that

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