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Key Montclair Film Festival Films Announced

originally published: 03/26/2016

Key Montclair Film Festival Films Announced

(MONTCLAIR, NJ) -- The Montclair Film Festival will have Academy Award winning director Roger Ross Williams join subjects Owen, Walt, Cornelia, and Ron Suskind for the screening of Life, Animated -- the festival's opening night film on Friday, April 29 at 7:30pm.  The Late Show host Stephen Colbert will moderate a post-screening discussion.

Here is a look at some key films at the festival, which runs April 29 to May 8:

Opening Night Film

Friday, April 29, 7:30pm, Wellmont Theater

Life, Animated


Life, Animated is the real-life story of Owen Suskind, the son of the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ron Suskind and his wife, Cornelia. An autistic boy who couldn’t speak for years, Owen memorized dozens of Disney movies, turned them into a language to express love and loss, kinship, and brotherhood. Directed by Academy Award® winning filmmaker Roger Ross Williams, Life, Animated is the story of a family’s love, struggle and triumph, revealing how, in darkness, we all literally need stories to survive. Q&A with Director Roger Ross Williams, subjects Owen, Walt, Cornelia, and Ron Suskind, moderated by Stephen Colbert follows.



 

Documentary Centerpiece Film

Friday, May 6, 8:00PM, Wellmont Theater

Presenting Princess Shaw


By day, Samantha Montgomery cares for the elderly in one of New Orleans’ toughest neighborhoods. By night, she writes and sings her own songs as Princess Shaw on her confessional YouTube channel. Meanwhile, in Israel, a composer, musician and video artist named Kutiman creates video mash ups of amateur YouTube performers. When Kutiman discovers Princess Shaw’s raw, vulnerable vocals online, the pair of artists unwittingly begin a journey that will bring them together from across the globe, transforming their lives forever. Presenting Princess Shaw is the story of the birth of an unlikely star who will make you believe in the power of dreams.  Q&A with Princess Shaw.



 
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Narrative Centerpiece Film

Saturday, May 7, 4:30PM, Wellmont Theater

Indignation


Based on the novel by Philip Roth, Indignation is the story of Marcus (Logan Lerman), a working-class Jewish student from Newark, attending a small liberal arts college in Ohio. It’s 1951, and while the Korean War rages half a world away, life in America offers its own discontents; Marcus is infatuated with a fellow student named Olivia Hutton (Sarah Gadon), his parents don’t approve, and his struggles with the administration at his college lead him on a collision course with the conservative values of the day. James Schamus’ Indignation is a masterful reminder of the power of fighting for your ideals.  Q&A with Director James Schamus.

CLOSING NIGHT FILM

Saturday, May 7th, 7:30 PM, The Wellmont Theater

Miss Sharon Jones!


Two-time Academy Award® winning filmmaker Barbara Kopple returns to the Montclair Film Festival with Miss Sharon Jones!, a portrait of one of the most fiery and talented performers working today. In 2014, on the eve of the band launching a new album, Ms. Jones faces her greatest challenge yet; a cancer diagnosis that brings her career to a stand still. Miss Sharon Jones! documents the singer’s battle to not only heal her body but continue to drive the Dap Kings toward the musical summit. Q&A with Director Barbara Kopple and members of The Dap Kings. 

"Each of these wonderful films is a rich portrait of a life transformed by the urgent need to find one's true voice and engage with the world," said Montclair Film Festival Executive Director Tom Hall.  "These are stories that are sure to inspire and move audiences, and we are incredibly proud and honored to feature them at our festival."

For more information visit www.montclairfilmfest.org




 
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