“The Weight” Explores the High Cost of Freedom in the Depression Era
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Sam Hazeldine, Austin Amelio, Padraic McKinley, Julia Jones, and Ethan Hawke attend the premiere of “The Weight” at The Ray Theatre on January 26, 2026, in Park City, UT. (Photo by Jason Peters / Sundance Institute) By Jessica Herndon Set in Oregon during the depths of the Great Depression, The Weight opens with Samuel Murphy (Ethan Hawke) forcibly separated from his young daughter and sent to a remote labor camp wh…
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