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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FILMMAKER APPEARANCES
22 MARCH
2 MARCH
1 MARCH
22 FEBRUARY
15 FEBRUARY
13 FEBRUARY
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18 JANUARY
11 JANUARY
3 JANUARY
28 DECEMBER
22 DECEMBER
18 DECEMBER
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7 DECEMBER
6 DECEMBER
30 NOVEMBER
27 NOVEMBER
9 NOVEMBER
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26 OCTOBER
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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
Seattle, WA
Santa Monica, CA
Oakland, CA
San Rafael, CA
San Francisco, CA
Pasadena, CA
New York, NY
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Opening Night – Friday, March 1
Wednesday, Oct. 24 & Thursday, Oct. 25 • 7:00pm
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
PRESS
CONTACT
Booking Inquiries: Jonathan Howell | [email protected] | 917.400.1437
Press & Publicity: Shelley Spicer | [email protected] | 415.526.5845
CFI is proud to acknowledge Marin Community Foundation for their generous support of CFI Releasing.