Westport Filmmakers Documentary to Debut at Sundance

“Bisbee 17’,” a documentary feature film produced by Westport-based Douglas Tirola and Susan Bedusa, has been invited to premiere at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival as part of the documentary competition. For the two Staples High School graduates, this is their third consecutive film to debut at Sundance. Tirola is founder and president of the New York CIty production company 4th Row Films, Bedusa is the senior vice president of film production. “Bisbee ’17” is a nonfiction feature film about local residents of an eccentric old Arizona mining town as they stage scenes from its darkest day: the forced deportation of 1,200 striking miners exactly 100 years ago. Filming took place this summer in Bisbee. The Sundance Film Festival takes place Jan. 18 to 28 in Park City, Utah. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo