His early life was marked by the struggle between the old ways of Appalachia that lingered due to the region’s isolation, and the new ways of modern industry.īENDIX: SITE UNSEEN (26min) Lodi, NJ (USA) (SC Premiere) Fred grew up on farm in Great Smokey Mountains. Synopsis: Fred Chappell is one of our most important Southern writers, but no one is really surprised if you have never heard of him. Synopsis: After losing her job as a hotel worker in Las Vegas, Ruby Duncan joined a welfare rights group of mothers who defied notions of the “welfare queen.” In a fight for guaranteed income, Ruby and other equality activists took on the Nevada mob in organizing a massive protest that shut down Caesars Palace.įRED CHAPPELL: I AM ONE OF YOU FOREVER (1hr 1min) Greensboro, NC (USA) SC Premiere STORMING CAESARS PALACE ( 1hr 23min) New York, NY (USA) (SC Premiere) "Mississippi Messiah" is a nuanced exploration of Meredith's complicated life as a public figure Synopsis: Civil rights legend James Meredith never fit in – not as the first Black person to attend the University of Mississippi, not surrounded by fellow activists on the Meredith March, not working for ultraconservative Jesse Helms or stumping for ex-Klansman David Duke. MISSISSIPPI MESSIAH ( 1hr 18min) Colorado Springs, CO (USA) (SC Premiere) His book-thumping AA sponsor, Fred, offers him refuge at his farm, where Matt finds Yup’ik, a stray Husky with a unique talent. Synopsis: Matt, a loner alcoholic at rock bottom, struggles to maintain sobriety for 30 days so he can honor his mother’s dying wish, to visit her in hospice, sober. THE YEAR OF THE DOG ( 1hr 36min) Bozeman, MT (USA) (SC Premiere)ĭirector: Andrew McGinn, Michael Peterson, Robert Grabow Synopsis: A professor obsessed with getting tenure, accidentally kills a student and covers it up causing his life to spiral out of control." Publish or Perish is a dark comedy about a professor, who starts out as an essentially a good man, but is driven to commit terrible crimes in pursuit of tenure at the fictional, Sayles College. PUBLISH OR PERISH (1hr 40min) Denver, CO (USA) (SC Premiere) But she doesn't have time to worry about it: Patients are waiting at the practice, her daughter is threatening to move in with her father, her boyfriend wants to emigrate to Finland, and her self-centered mother is celebrating her 70th birthday. Psychotherapist Ina notices something is wrong with her. "Bobcat Moretti" was filmed over the course of ten months, during COVID-19, allowing our lead actor to lose 154-pounds and embody the role.ĮVERYBODY WANTS TO BE LOVED (1hr 20min) Berlin, GERMANY (South Carolina Premiere) Synopsis: An obese multiple sclerosis patient takes up his late Father's sport of boxing to overcome personal tragedy and find inner peace. BOBCAT MORETT I (1hr 36min) West Hollywood, CA, (USA) (SC Premiere)
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