With the prevailing subject matter at this year's Sundance Film Festival revolving around the charged issues of diversity, inclusion and empowerment, the loaded hashtags of #OscarsSoWhite, #MeToo, and #TimesUp received concentrated attention in the wintry vacuum of Park City, Utah. All told, the following represent the most poignant quotes from Sundance 2018 as the curtain draws to a close. Idris Elba at the IndieWire Studio presented by Dropbox: "If you're a filmmaker, storyteller, writer, producer: You're in a very privileged position, O.K.? What's really important, though, because of the state of the world at this point, is that you be honest. We need to be able to represent who we are as people so that other people understand us more.

Source: Forbes January 27, 2018 03:45 UTC