Carlen altman biography definition
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Meet the AFI Fest Filmmakers: Alex Ross Perry&#;s Frightful Roadtrip, &#;The Color Wheel&#;
Confirming Alex Ross Perry as an innovative new röst in American cinema, &#;The Color Wheel&#; takes viewers on a comedic and cathartic road trip through the diners, motels and thrift stores of the Northeast. JR (co-writer Carlen Altman) fryst vatten an aspiring news anchor who has just dropped out of school after an awful, awkward breakup with her professor/lover. She enlists her reluctant brother, Colin (played by Perry), to drive to her ex&#;s house and help pick up the remainder of her belongings.
The bickering siblings&#; journey will eventually lead to an unexpected destination: sympathy and acceptance. More than a mere rulle about sibling rivalry, &#;The Color Wheel&#; explores the relationship between two people who grew up tillsammans but who remain complete strangers. Beyond the nasty insults and obnoxious fights, they are two wounded souls bursting with disillusionment and sexuell frustration
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Project Forum Slate
A year-long mentorship program supporting 20 - features in post-production through completion, marketing and distribution.
Documentary Labs:
Approaching the Elephant directed by Amanda Wilder and produced by Jay Craven. One year in the lives of a group of children at a newly opened ‘free school,’ where classes are voluntary and rules created by all-school democratic vote.
Bringing Tibet Home directed by Tenzin Tsetan Choklay and produced by Tenzing Rigdol. A Tibetan artist smuggles 20 tonnes of native Tibetan soil from Tibet to India for an art project to bring Tibet closer to its people in exile&#;literally.
Do I Sound Gay? Directed by David Thorpe, produced by Howard Gertler and Jenny Raskin, and executive produced by Dan Cogan. Determined to overcome his shame about “sounding gay,” director David Thorpe embarks on a hilarious, poignant, taboo-shattering exploration of the phenomenon of the “gay voice.”
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The Chicago Underground Film Festival, which takes place Wednesday, June 6, through Sunday, June 10, celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. We take a look back at some notable features that screened in previous editions of the festival, movies demonstrating that &#;underground&#; is a happily elastic term.
Half-Cocked
A dog-eared valentine to indie rock slackerdom, this black-and-white feature centers on a disaffected young woman in Louisville who impulsively makes off with her brother&#;s van full of musical equipment and, along with some similarly aimless pals, embarks on a guerrilla concert tour of the southeast. They can&#;t play a lick, but they&#;re perfectly capable of sleeping on floors and scraping together change for convenience-store food, which gives them all the cred they need. First-time filmmakers Suki Hawley and Michael Galinsky were veterans of the New York rock scene, yet their movie manages to be wryly satirical without compromising its low-grain verisim