Is Harbor Fund Participant 2.0? Movie Stars Hope So

Harbor Fund, a nonprofit Utah-based investment group, is keeping independent cinema alive in Utah

By Addie Morfoot

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Throughout history, artists have relied on powerful, rich individuals and families to fund their artistic visions. Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo had the Medici family. Jackson Pollock had Peggy Guggenheim. For over two decades, the documentary community has relied on wealthy investors from Impact Partners and Artemis Rising Foundation.

Now Hollywood A-listers, including Chris Pine, Oscar Isaac and Sarah Silverman, are enlisting wealthy patrons of the arts to help them bring their film and TV projects about challenging issues to life.

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