Sundance photos: Sonita at the Music Cafe

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Motopony performs at the Music Cafe in Park City, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016.

Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune

Sonita Alizadeh performs at the Music Cafe in Park City on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016. Alizadeh, an Afghani refugee now attending school in Utah, is the subject of "Sonita," a documentary at Sundance.

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Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune Motopony performs at the Music Cafe in Park City, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016. Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune Motopony performs at the Music Cafe in Park City, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016. Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune Sonita Alizadeh performs at the Music Cafe in Park City on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016. Alizadeh, an Afghani refugee now attending school in Utah, is the subject of "Sonita," a documentary at Sundance. Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune Sonita Alizadeh performs at the Music Cafe in Park City on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016. Alizadeh, an Afghani refugee now attending school in Utah, is the subject of "Sonita," a documentary at Sundance. Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune Sonita Alizadeh performs at the Music Cafe in Park City on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016. Alizadeh, an Afghani refugee now attending school in Utah, is the subject of "Sonita," a documentary at Sundance. Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune Sonita Alizadeh performs at the Music Cafe in Park City on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016. Alizadeh, an Afghani refugee now attending school in Utah, is the subject of "Sonita," a documentary at Sundance. Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune Sonita Alizadeh performs at the Music Cafe in Park City on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016. Alizadeh, an Afghani refugee now attending school in Utah, is the subject of "Sonita," a documentary at Sundance. Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune Sonita Alizadeh performs at the Music Cafe in Park City on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016. Alizadeh, an Afghani refugee now attending school in Utah, is the subject of "Sonita," a documentary at Sundance. Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune Sonita Alizadeh performs at the Music Cafe in Park City on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016. Alizadeh, an Afghani refugee now attending school in Utah, is the subject of "Sonita," a documentary at Sundance. Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune Sonita Alizadeh performs at the Music Cafe in Park City on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016. Alizadeh, an Afghani refugee now attending school in Utah, is the subject of "Sonita," a documentary at Sundance. Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune Sonita Alizadeh performs at the Music Cafe in Park City on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016. Alizadeh, an Afghani refugee now attending school in Utah, is the subject of "Sonita," a documentary at Sundance. Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune Sonita Alizadeh performs at the Music Cafe in Park City on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016. Alizadeh, an Afghani refugee now attending school in Utah, is the subject of "Sonita," a documentary at Sundance. Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune Sonita Alizadeh performs at the Music Cafe in Park City on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016. Alizadeh, an Afghani refugee now attending school in Utah, is the subject of "Sonita," a documentary at Sundance. Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune Sonita Alizadeh performs at the Music Cafe in Park City on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016. Alizadeh, an Afghani refugee now attending school in Utah, is the subject of "Sonita," a documentary at Sundance. Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune Sonita Alizadeh performs at the Music Cafe in Park City on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016. Alizadeh, an Afghani refugee now attending school in Utah, is the subject of "Sonita," a documentary at Sundance.

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· January 28, 2016 8:51 am

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Sonita Alizadeh is an Afghani singer and the subject of "Sonita," a film that is playing in the World Cinema Documentary competition at the Sundance Film Festival this week. She performed at the Music Cafe in Park City on Tuesday. Iranian director Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami's documentary follows Sonita as the young Afghani woman, living as a refugee in Iran, dreams of becoming a rap singer and then secretly films a video that persuades her family to not sell her into an arranged marriage. The camera continues following Sonita as she earns international media attention and a scholarship to central Utah's Wasatch Academy.