2010 Festival Trailers

Nowhere Boy (Sam Taylor-Wood, UK) “Nowhere Boy,” brings to life John Lennon as a spirited teenager — curious, sharp and funny — growing up in the war shattered city of Liverpool in dreary post-war Britain. Two extraordinary sisters tussle for his love: Mimi, the formidable aunt who raised him from the age of five and Julia,... [More Information..]

Provinces of Night (Shane Dax Taylor, USA) Fleming Bloodworth (Reece Thomspon) is alone in the world. His mother abandoned him and his cuckolded father (Dwight Yoakam) is on a quest for vengeance. He has one uncle (W. Earl Brown) who exists at the edge of lunacy, another uncle (Val Kilmer) who escaped for the bright lights of Nashville, and a grandmother... [More Information..]

Art House ( Victor Fanucchi, USA) When a dishonest college dean and a philistine donor try to evict a household of starving art students from their communal house in order to make a dormitory for varsity golf, the art students rise up and fight to preserve their home, known for decades as a hard-partying haven for artists and artist-wannabes. Led by... [More Information..]

No Crossover: Allen Iverson on Trial (Steve James, USA) On Valentine’s Day 1993, 17-year-old Bethel High School basketball star Allen Iverson was bowling in Hampton, Va., with five high school friends. It became a night that defined Iverson’s young life. A quarrel soon erupted into a brawl pitting Iverson’s young black friends against... [More Information..]

Raw Faith (Peter Wiedensmith, USA) This surprisingly open and revealing documentary follows two years in the private life of a minister. Marilyn Sewell is successful and beloved in the pulpit, but behind the scenes she is lonely and yearning for change. As she considers leaving the ministry, she realizes she will be leaving her only social network.... [More Information..]

Cleanflix (Andrew James & Joshua Ligairi, USA) Cleanflix follows the sanitized movie industry from inception to collapse. Starting with Kate Winslet’s bare breasts in Titanic and the Mormon culture that didn’t want to see them, the film launches into the numerous legal and theoretical debates that led to a DGA lawsuit involving industry... [More Information..]