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Park City • Inauguration day is all about country and patriotism. But just a few hours after President Donald Trump took the oath of office Friday, six independent filmmakers at the Sundance Film Festival were challenging traditional ideas of what it means to be a patriot.

The filmmakers, part of "Take 5: A More Perfect Patriot" project, came together to talk about their upcoming short films that explore immigration, challenging one's government and flag burning — hot-button topics that many — including Trump and his conservative supporters — would probably not include on a list of patriotic actions.

The varied topics the filmmakers chose to pursue for the project, part of the Sundance Now streaming service, shows that patriotism "means different things to different people," said filmmaker Keith Maitland, who was shortlisted for an Academy Award for his documentary, "Tower."

"It's about reaching out and inviting people in and making your own way and expressing yourself," he told the group gathered in the SundanceTV lounge on Main Street.

Jehane Noujaim, the Academy Award-nominated director of "The Square," is creating her a five-minute film about global patriotism. It comes from her experience of "growing up between Egypt and the U.S. and not feeling like I belong in either place," she said.

While many are fearful about Trump and his conservative view of patriotism, Noujaim sees a "silver lining."

"It's going to make people be a lot more aware. They will be really looking and watching, where maybe we would have been less so if someone else had been elected," she said.

Jordan Ching said the idea for her film changed directions after Trump won the election in November.

"It did impact me," said Ching, the director and co-founder of Northbound Film. While the mainstream media paints this huge division in the country, Ching said she came away with a different perspective while chronicling a cross-country road trip interviewing people from all political walks of life.

"While division exists in the film, at the end of the day all humans are just trying to get by and pay our bills and it opened my eyes to the way I view the country," she said. "We are a great country because of our differences."

"Take 5: A More Perfect Patriot" can be seen on Sundance Now in the spring.