135 mins |
Rated
R (for brief language, sex and violence)
Directed by John Sayles
Starring Frances McDormand, Joe Morton, Elizabeth Peña, Clifton James, Ron Canada, Kris Kristofferson, Matthew McConaughey, Chris Cooper
When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town.
SATURDAY MAY 25TH: Post-Film Q&A with Josephine Decker!
Josephine Decker’s film Shirley, starring Elisabeth Moss, won Sundance 2020’s U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Auteur Filmmaking. Her prior feature, Madeline’s Madeline played at Sundance, Berlinale and scores of festivals worldwide. Hailed a “mind-scrambling masterpiece” (Indiewire), it was nominated for Best Picture at IFP’s Gotham Awards and two Independent Spirit Awards. Her most recent feature "The Sky is Everywhere" (Apple, A24) was a New York Times Critic's Pick. Josephine also explores collaborative storytelling by directing TV, documentaries, and theater, teaching at Princeton and CalArts and leading artist residencies with The School of Making Thinking. She is currently working on a doc about teen mothers in Dallas, where she’s from. Dallas offers limited access to contraception and health insurance, housing assistance that has been priced out by the booming real estate market, and has the highest repeat teen pregnancy rate in the country. Teen families there are in crisis.
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When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town.
SATURDAY MAY 25TH: Post-Film Q&A with Josephine Decker!
Josephine Decker’s film Shirley, starring Elisabeth Moss, won Sundance 2020’s U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Auteur Filmmaking. Her prior feature, Madeline’s Madeline played at Sundance, Berlinale and scores of festivals worldwide. Hailed a “mind-scrambling masterpiece” (Indiewire), it was nominated for Best Picture at IFP’s Gotham Awards and two Independent Spirit Awards. Her most recent feature "The Sky is Everywhere" (Apple, A24) was a New York Times Critic's Pick. Josephine also explores collaborative storytelling by directing TV, documentaries, and theater, teaching at Princeton and CalArts and leading artist residencies with The School of Making Thinking. She is currently working on a doc about teen mothers in Dallas, where she’s from. Dallas offers limited access to contraception and health insurance, housing assistance that has been priced out by the booming real estate market, and has the highest repeat teen pregnancy rate in the country. Teen families there are in crisis.