Remember when Sundance was known as the scrappy little flick-fest that could, ushering many an indie darling to theaters of mass consumption from its unlikely setting, nestled in a tony resort town in the Utah mountains, somehow stoking lefty sensibilities all the while? Yeah, that was a long time ago.

But anyway, here’s Robert Redford from this year’s main event, seizing a teachable moment or two with Amy Goodman on Monday’s edition of “Democracy Now!” –KA

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