Natural Family Values
Kanab, Utah, a small town in the state's southwestern corner founded by Mormon polygamist settlers, becomes the site of a fight over what a family is supposed to look like. The town's mayor and city council pass a resolution defining the family they want moving in as "one man, one woman" raising a "full quiver" of children, and the film follows the residents on both sides of that line. Interviews with council members, longtime Mormon families, and newer arrivals who reject the resolution lay out a town split between a religious majority asserting its identity and a minority pushing for a more open community. The camera stays in Kanab's streets, churches, and council chambers rather than cutting away to outside experts, letting the argument play out among people who have to keep living next door to each other after the vote. The film treats the resolution as a test case for a bigger question: what happens when a local government tries to legislate a specific vision of family onto everyone within city limits.