Park City locals collaborate on film about woman from polygamous sect
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Two Park City artists are collaborating on a film recounting a woman’s experience in one of Utah’s polygamous sects. It’s a combination documentary and stop-motion animation film.
Park City native Bridey Bush and Park City-based award-winning filmmaker Jill Orschel have been working together on a film called “Snowland.”
The film tells the story of Cora Lee Witt, a former child bride from a southern Utah-based polygamous sect who created a magical fantasy realm, Snowland, to escape her painful past.
“The story within the story is about a woman who is oppressed, who learns to believe in herself, and she does it through her own imagination, not counting on outside leaders or the politics of a town or religion, she learns to take life into her own hands and live it on her own terms.”
Witt had 12 children during her time as a sister wife in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. When her husband became violent toward Witt and her children, Witt spoke to authorities outside the church. However, the community then shunned and evicted her family from their home.
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