VIDEO: Kimberly Peirce on the 'Miracle' of Being a First-Time Sundance Juror

The fun at the Levi's Dockers House on Main Street in Park City never stops. Just ask director and 2011 Sundance Film Festival juror Kimberly Peirce, who sat down with Movieline's own Elvis Mitchell to discuss what makes her temporary festival job so rewarding, and how she first arrived at Sundance back in 1997. Click ahead to watch the latest in our Sundance video interview series.

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