Based on short stories from Robert Boswell’s collection, seven vignettes explore the difference between fantasy and reality, memory and history, and the joy and agony of the human condition.
Tag Archive: 2015 Atlanta Film Festival
Director Brett Haley answers questions regarding the making of the film and how he was able to secure an amazing ensemble cast.
I’ll See You in My Dreams follows Carol, a widow in her 70’s, is forced to confront her fears about love, family, and death. After her routine is rattled she decides to start dating again and falls into relationships with two very different men.
Producer Vince Jolivette answers questions regarding the making of the film and themes.
I Am Micheal is based on a true story regarding a gay activist and magazine founder who is ‘saved’ from his homosexuality after turning to God.
Director Frank Hall Green answers questions regarding the making of the film and searching for the right cast for the film.
Imba Means Sing is a character-driven heartfelt story of resilience and the impact of education. The film follows Angel, Moses and Nina from the slums of Kampala, Uganda through a world tour with the Grammy-nominated African Children’s Choir. The film is stunningly shot and told through Moses, Angel and Nina’s perspectives on their one shot journey from poverty to education. Their story is an intimate look at how each child processes the joys and challenges of their life-changing opportunity.
Oh, how far we’ve come from the dark days of rampant homophobia. But teenager Lloyd Cooper (Jason Dolley) may think society—or at least his mother—has progressed a bit too far on this topic. Lloyd’s mom Maggie (a hilarious Nia Vardalos) says she would not only accept a gay son, she actively encourages it, as it would be “really cool” to have one. In fact, Maggie becomes so convinced that Lloyd himself is gay that she “outs” him to his entire high school. Like any good “helicopter mom,” who hovers over every aspect of her children’s lives, Maggie takes control of Lloyd’s social life, setting Lloyd up on dates with boys whom she has approved and filing for a gay student college scholarship. There’s just one wrench in her grand plans: Lloyd doesn’t even know whether he’s gay or not. But the mother is willing to accept her son for who he is—or at least who she thinks he is.
“In Our Son’s Name” is an intimate portrait of Phyllis and Orlando Rodríguez, whose son, Greg, dies with thousands of others in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. The bereaved parents choose reconciliation and nonviolence over vengeance and begin a transformative journey that both confirms and challenges their convictions. They speak out against war in Iraq and Afghanistan, publicly oppose the death penalty of avowed 9/11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui and befriend his mother. As their search for meaning evolves they speak out against anti-Muslim actions and find peace in working with prison inmates. Their marriage strengthens, and they reach a deeper understanding of their rebellious son, who had just begun to find his way when his life was cut short. The film mixes in-depth interviews with on-location footage and striking archival photographs and video to create a deeply personal story that invites us to re-consider conventional concepts of justice and healing.
A recent college grad, fresh faced and ready to save the world, goes to work at a cut rate crisis counseling center filled with con artists and lunatics. To make matters worse, he breaks the cardinal rule and begins dating one of his callers, creating a myriad of awkward situations that only gets worse as he tries to make them better.
Janey Makes A Play is a captivating documentary feature, which follows ninety-year-old Janey as she rallies her small town to create a community theatre production amidst the background of a local economy devastated by the recent recession. Transported into rural America, we witness the challenges of pulling off a quality production with an eccentric cast of characters. As the play unfolds, the town of Rio Vista becomes an important character itself, as we see the fragility of a small town’s existence when it relies on the fading industry of farming and local commerce.
In the late 1960s, the Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson (Paul Dano) stops touring, produces “Pet Sounds” and begins to lose his sanity. By the 1980s, Wilson (John Cusack), under the sway of a controlling therapist, finds a savior in Melinda Ledbetter.
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