JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD WINNER | BEST FEMALE LEAD NOMINATION

FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS

ONE OF THE 10 BEST FILMS OF 2018

– VARIETY
– ARTFORUM

FIPRESCI Prize and SIGNIS Award, San Sebastián International Film Festival, 2017
Official Selection, Toronto International Film Festival, 2017
Special Award, Feroz Awards, 2018

“A powerfully executed, richly human study of the challenges facing a black working-class family.”
– Jonathan Romney, ScreenDaily

“A heartbreaking performance by Regina Williams… a first-timer and an utter revelation in one of the most compelling performances of the year.”
– Nick James, Sight and Sound

SYNOPSIS

In his remarkable second feature, Spanish-born filmmaker Antonio Méndez Esparza follows-up his debut drama Aquí y allá with another sensitive portrait of a struggling family. Stressed by her job in a diner, single mother Regina (Regina Williams) is raising her two children in northern Florida. When her 14-year-old son Andrew (Andrew Bleechington) has another brush with the law, she worries he’ll wind up in prison like his father. Méndez Esparza employs documentary-style realism in this snapshot of race, class and the bonds of family in contemporary America.

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Detroit, MI

Austin, TX

Tallahassee, FL

Lincoln, NE

Pittsburgh, PA

Boulder, CO

Maitland, FL

Chicago, IL

Miami, FL

Boston, MA

San Rafael, CA

Houston, TX

Tacoma, WA

Huntington, NY

Omaha, NE

Hudson, NY

Salt Lake City, UT

Albuquerque, NM

Bellingham, WA

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Tallahassee, FL – ALL SAINTS CINEMA
Opening Night – Friday, March 1
In Person: Director Antonio Méndez Esparza
New York – FILM FORUM
Wednesday, Oct. 24 & Thursday, Oct. 25  •  7:00pm
In Person: Filmmaker Antonio Méndez Esparza & Star Regina Williams

San Francisco –  ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE
Friday, Oct. 26  •  6:30pm
In Person: Filmmaker Antonio Méndez Esparza

San Rafael – SMITH RAFAEL FILM CENTER
Saturday, Oct. 27  •  7:30pm
In Person: Filmmaker Antonio Méndez Esparza

FESTIVALS

AFI Fest
Chicago International Film Festival
Cleveland International Film Festival
Covey Film Festival
Cultural Bogota
Fajr International Film Festival
Festival de Nouveau Cinema
Festival Internacional de Cine de Panamá
Film Comment Selects
Film Fest 919
GEMS | Miami Film Festival
Glasgow International Film Festival
International Film Festival Rotterdam
Jeonju International Film Festival
Malatya Film Festival
Mill Valley Film Festival
Morelia International Film Festival

PRESS

Moscow International Film Festival
Netia Off Camera International Film Festival
Pittsburgh International Film Festival
Prague International Film Festival / Febiofest
Rendezvous Istanbul International Film Festival
Roma International Film Festival
San Sebastián Film Festival
Sao Paulo International Film Festival
Sarasota Film Festival
Spanish Cinema Now
Stockholm International Film Festival
Thessaloniki Film Festival
Tokyo International Film Festival
Toronto International Film Festival
Vilnius International Film Festival
Wadsworth Atheneum
Wisconsin Film Festival

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