cimmfest 2012 program

2012 Festival Program 2012 Festival Program

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∙1∙ CIMMFEST / NO. 4 / Welcome To CIMMfest

WELCOME TO CIMMFEST

Welcome to the 4th Chicago International Movies & Music

Festival, the biggest, broadest, and easiest CIMMfest

yet! A quick ride on the Blue Line wil l get you from

Depeche Mode to Snoop Dogg, from ADULT to the Grande,

from Charles Bradley to Johnny Rotten, from South Africa

to Chile to Switzerland to Japan to Canada and back to

Chicago for nine venues, 80 f i lms, 17 musical acts, 3 el

stops, 4 DAYS IN APRIL.

Start CIMMfest with your boots scooting with the Chicago

premiere of Queens of Country or with your f ists pumping

with our Punk Around the World program, which

explores punk in South Africa, Macedonia, Norway, and

Chile. After that, you’l l no doubt need a laugh. Our star-

studded comedies, including High Road, The Brooklyn

Brothers Beat the Best, and Holiday Road, wil l do the

trick. Enjoy the British Invasion program from our

friends at MusicFilmWeb, featuring This Band Is So

Gorgeous! Sham 69 in China, The Beat is the Law:

Fanfare for the Common People about Britpop legends

Pulp, and The Posters Came from the Walls about

Depeche Mode’s devout fan base.

Then, there’s the live music. On Friday the 13th Detroit

electronic duo ADULT. accompanies their The Three

Grace(s) Triptych. Following the f i lm I Want My Name

Back, Nike wil l sponsor a live show by Rapper's Delight

featuring Wonder Mike and Master Gee, founding

members of the Sugarhil l Gang. Check out the launch

of the DJ Club Network with Chrissy Murderbot or

dazzle your brain with Abstract Black. Chil l out at the

Wicker Park Art Center on Saturday to a whole passel

of bands. Close CIMMfest with an exclusive work-in-

progress preview of Don't Follow Me (I'm Lost): A Film

About Bobby Bare Jr., fol lowed by a live show with the

Lawrence Peters Outfit and Bobby Bare Jr. himself.

To the f i lmmakers and musicians, the venues, our staff,

board, volunteers, sponsors and part, and all of you, the

attendees, who have come from all over Chicago and all

over the world...thank you. Thank you all. Only with your

support and dedication, your love of music and movies,

can we exist.

Josh Chicoine and Ilko Davidov,Executive Directors

2 / Opening night

3 / CLOSing night

4 / MUSiC & MOVieS COMBineD

6 / MUSiC

9 / SpeCiAL eVentS

10-29 / MOVieS

18 / CALenDAR

30 / JURORS

31 / StAFF

34 / SpOnSORS

35 / VenUeS & tiCKetS

TABLE OFCONTENTS

10 / LeS BLAnK

12 / BRitiSh inVASiOn

14 / pUnK AROUnD the WORLD

∙2∙ CIMMFEST / NO. 4 / Opening Night

CHICAGO PREMIERE OF QUEENS OF COUNTRYLizzy Caplan, Joe Lo Truglio, Matt Walsh, and directorsRyan Page & Christopher Pomerenke in personTHUR, APR 12TH / 7PM / WICKER PARK ARTS CENTER / $15

In Ryan Page and Christopher Pomerenke’s (The Heart Is a Drum Machine) hilarious fiction debut, Lizzy Caplan stars as a spacey line-dancing queen who falls in love with the owner of a lost iPod because the music on it touches her soul. This launches a deeply weird plot in which meanie Ron Livingston hires weirdo Maynard James Keenan to pretend to be the iPod’s owner, leading to kidnappings, time travel, doppelgangers, and Joe Lo Truglio in a dress. Hold onto your Stetson, because this comedy is guaranteed to blow your mind.

After the show, join us in the lounge for A speciAl treAt: An Acoustic set by bloodshot records Artist norA o'connor And her gorgeous voice. And then...

MUCCA PAZZA & FANFARE FOR MARCHING BANDTHUR, APR 12TH / 11PM / WICKER PARK ARTS CENTER / $10 IN AdvANCE, $12 AT dOOR

Chicago's Mucca Pazza, the thirty-piece circus-punk band, are back with a film and live performance that will trumpet us into the wee hours. They’re back this year, as raucous as ever, with a film and live performance that will trumpet us into the wee hours. Fanfare for Marching Band, a collaboration between the band, filmmaker Danièle Wilmouth, and choreographer Peter Carpenter, is a fifteen-minute film of the band doing their thing in inappropriate places around Chicago. Following the film, they’ll do their thing in a completely appropriate place: a hundred-year-old church sanctuary.

OPENING NIGHT

QUeenS OF COUntRY

∙3∙ CIMMFEST / NO. 4 / Closing Night

BOBBY BARE JR.LAWRENCE PETERS OUTFITDON'T FOLLOW ME (I'M LOST): A FILM ABOUT BOBBY BARE JR.SUN, APR 15TH / 7PM / THE HIdEOUT / $12 IN AdvANCE, $15 AT dOOR

You’ve had a long, action-packed weekend, and you deserve a relaxing evening. Come by the Hideout and enjoy what this festival is all about: a little film, a little music, and lots of friends. At 7pm we have an exclusive work-in-progress sneak preview of Don’t Follow Me (I’m Lost), a truly amazing documentary about one of the unheralded geniuses of American music. We’ll announce our awards somewhere in there, then at 10pm “shit-hot honky-tonk” legend Lawrence Peters takes the stage with his Outfit. Finally at 11pm, Bobby Bare Jr. will rock us into the night.

CLOSING NIGHT

BOBBY BARe JR.

and the Zs, whose minimalist, loop-based solo guitar music is both an odd and an obvious match with images from the world’s most famous telescope. Working with staff at the Space Telescope Science Institute, Greenburg created a trip through the universe, where we witness the death and birth of stars much like our Sun.

SCI FI SOLUSA / 70 MIN. / JOSEPH RICHARd LEWIS

WITH LIvE ACCOMPANIMENT by MELOdy NIFE

WORLd PREMIERE

SAT, APR 14TH / 10:30PM / $10

WICKER PARK ARTS CENTER

ADULT.'S THE THREE GRACE(S) TRIPTYCHHUBBLE'S HUBBLEUSA / 95 MIN. / NICOLA KUPERUS & AdAM LEE MILLER

LIvE ACCOMPANIMENT by AdULT

CHICAgO PREMIERE

FRI, APR 13TH / 9:30PM / $15


HUbbLE AT 9:30PM / AdULT. AT 10:30PM

A cross between Dario Argento and Kenneth Anger, the Three Grace(s) triptych is an avant-garde horror trilogy created by Nicola Kuperus and Adam Lee Miller of the Detroit electronic duo ADULT. Comprising three separate, but interconnected short films—Decampment (2008), Traditions (2010), and Possession(s) (2011)—the project reflects the dark, unsettling themes found in the pair’s unique brand of dance music. The films channel a Midwestern macabre style, exploring murder plots and paranormal activity in the backwoods of Michigan. (HS)

Hubble is Ben Greenburg of the Pygmy Shrews

MUSIC & MOVIES COMBINED

∙4∙ CIMMFEST / NO. 4 / Music & Movies Combined

the thRee gRACe(S) tRiptYCh

In what is undoubtedly the first “silent movie super hero video game musical,” writer-director Joseph Richard Lewis of Scumbabies (in)fame wears cheapness as a badge of honor and a challenge to be even more creative and inspired. It’s the story of a lonely video game designer named Emily whose most recent creation, rockstar superhero Melody Nife, starts to take over the world. Sci Fi Sol takes familiar settings and objects, blending them into a kaleidoscopic retrofuturism that is simultaneously like everything and nothing you’ve ever seen. (MP)

SISTER SPIT 2012SAT, APR 14TH / 8PM / $12


HOSTEd by MICHELE TEA / WITH dOROTHy ALLISON,

MX JUSTIN vIvIAN bONd, bRONTEZ PURNELL, ERIN

MARKEy, CASSIE J SNEIdER, KIT yAN

The raucous, rowdy performance gang, Sister Spit, comes to Chicago with a vanload of queer-centric brilliance! Don't miss this multimedia explosion of taste-makers, novelists, luminaries, chanteuses, performance artists, poets and filmmakers. Join CIMMfest and a bevy of queer icons at Wicker Park Arts Center for a star-studded evening of performances by authors Michelle Tea (Valencia, Rent Girl) and Dorothy Allison (Bastard out of Carolina, Cavedweller), Mx Justin Vivian Bond, “the greatest cabaret artist of (v’s) generation” according to The New Yorker, and more!

AFTERPARTy AT bEAUTy bAR / 10PM / $5

HOSTEd by MX JUSTIN vIvIAN bONd / WITH AMOS MAC,

KATASTROPHE, bRONTEZ PURNELL, & QUEERER PARK dJS

The evening of slam poetry, music, and performance art will continue well into the night at the afterparty hosted by Justin Vivian Bond at Beauty Bar, the hottest salon-cum-dance-joint in Ukrainian Village. Rock your genderqueer socks off to the tunes of transman rapper Katastrophe (MTV, LOGO, and L Word favorite), followed by Brontez Purnell (Fag School, Gravy Train) and Chicago’s own Queerer Park DJs.

∙5∙ CIMMFEST / NO. 4 / Music & Movies Combined

MUSIC

LOUNGE ACTSSAT, APR 14TH / FREE


2:30PM / Hot As Hell5PM / Jeff Harms7PM / Zachary Ross7:30PM / Kevin Brennan10PM / Surprise Guest

AFTERPARTIESTHUR, APR 12TH / 10PM / NO COvER

AWE dUb SESSIONS @ ROdAN

Dub & Dancehall coupled with international exploitation cinema.

FRI, APR 13TH / 12AM / NO COvER

dAMON LOCKS @ WICKER PARK ARTS CENTER

Trenchmouth and The Eternals stalwart shares his eclectic taste.

SAT, APR 14TH / 10PM / $5 COvER

SISTER SPIT @ bEAUTy bAR

Mx Justin Vivian Bond and the Sister Spit gang rock your genderqueer socks off.

MUSIC

BOBBY BARE JR.Lawrence Peters OutfitDon't Follow Me (I'm Lost):A Film About Bobby Bare Jr.SUN, APR 15TH / 7PM / THE HIdEOUT

$12 IN AdvANCE / $15 AT dOOR

FILM AT 7 / LAWRENCE PETERS OUTFIT AT 10

bObby bARE JR. AT 11

For almost twenty years (not counting his beginnings as a Grammy-nominated country star opposite his famous father), Bobby Bare Jr. has been cranking out eclectic, intelligent rock music that ranges from boot-stomping party music to singer-songwriter introspection, first in his band Bare Jr. and lately as a solo artist. “The only real curiosity about Bare’s career to date is that he hasn’t yet become a big name in modern rock.” So observed the Nashville Scene, and we share that perplexity.

Lawrence Peters has also been around, having spent more than two decades as a sideman in too many country and rock bands to list. He formed the Outfit in 2007, blending his love of old-school country, bluegrass, honky-tonk, and that electric washboard he plays like an orchestra into what he aptly calls “shit-hot honky-tonk.”

ABSTRACT BLACKFRI, APR 13TH / 10PM / ROdAN / FREE

DJ/VJ pioneer JayVe Montgomery, otherwise known as Abstract Black, amalgamates folk musics of the world into sets of what he describes as “ancient fresh boom-bap.” Using more technology than NASA uses to launch satellites—including but not limited to Wiimotes and the Kinect system—he creates an interactive DJ/VJ experience that integrates footage from CIMMfest films, live tweets, and stock footage in a mind-blowing, booty-shaking party that reacts to how hard the room is shaking.

NORA O'CONNORTHUR, APR 12TH / 9PM / FREE


Nora O’Connor is a sweet, lovely, country-tinged singer-songwriter whose soaring voice has drawn comparisons to Norah Jones, Emmylou Harris, and Kelly Willis. The Bloodshot Records artist will treat us to a solo acoustic set in the lounge between Queens of Country and Mucca Pazza.

MUCCA PAZZAFanfare for Marching BandTHUR, APR 12TH / 10PM / $10 IN AdvANCE, $12 AT dOOR


Mucca Pazza, the thirty-piece circus-punk marching band, are back at CIMMfest with a film and live performance that will trumpet us into the wee hours. Fanfare for Marching Band, a collaboration between the band, filmmaker Danièle Wilmouth, and choreographer Peter Carpenter, is a fifteen-minute film of the band doing their thing in inappropriate places around Chicago. Following the film, they’ll do their thing in a completely appropriate place: a hundred-year-old church sanctuary.

∙6∙ CIMMFEST / NO. 4 / Music

Brought to you by

Nike Sportswear and the

Air force 1friday, April 13th, 7pm

Wicker park Arts Center,

2215 W North Avenue.

Starring:former Original

Sugarhill Gang members:

MASTER GEE &

WONDER MIKE

10pm Double Door 1572 North Milwaukee Avenue Chicago, IL

*Concert entry limited to CIMMfest Passholders and a small number of walkups*

AND VERY SPECIAL GUESTS TBA!

Master G.

Wonder Mike

feat.

followed later that night by a Special Exclusive Performance by

SPECIAL EVENTS

ROCK POSTER SHOWCURATEd by STEvE WALTERS OF SCREWbALL PRESS

THUR, APR 12TH TO SUN, APR 15TH / FREE


Steve Walters of Screwball Press has been a fixture on the Chicago and national rock scene since the early 1990s, his distinctive hand-printed posters creating a nationwide reputation for excellence and creativity. He’s showcasing his own work along with Erin Page, Jason Wyatt Frederick, Kyle Baker, Dan Grzeca, and more at this exclusive show at CIMMfest headquarters. The show closes with a screening of Just Like Being There, with director Scout Shannon and Steve Walters in person.

OCCUPY CIMMFESTVIDEOS & DISCUSSIONWITH NATHAN CHRIST, gARy KUZMINSKI,

AMINA NORMAN-HAWKINS, CHRIS dREW, & TIMMy gRINS

SAT, APR 14TH / 1PM / FREE


CIMMfest is happening in the middle of Occupy Chicago’s “Chicago Spring,” and we’d be remiss if we didn’t address what that means for the arts through an eclectic gathering of artists and activists. Nathan Christ will present clips from Echotone, his documentary about live music and public space in Austin, along with in-progress clips from other cities. Amir George will present a block of music videos filmed during Occupy actions. Then Nathan, along with activist-musicians Gary Kuzminski of Jagoff Publishing, Timmy Grins of the Baltimore project “I Live on Clay Street,” and Amina Norman-Hawkins of the Chicago Hip Hop Initiative will be joined by artist Chris Drew, whose 2010 arrest for videotaping the police led to that Illinois law being declared unconstitutional, for a wide-ranging discussion of music, public space, the First Amendment, and the power of individuals to make a difference.

∙10∙ CIMMFEST / NO. 4 / Movies

MOVIES

ALWAYS FOR PLEASURE AND MORE: SIX MUSIC FILMS BY LES BLANK Les Blank is America’s greatest documentarian. I could list all the lifetime achievement awards he’s received in an attempt to quantify that statement, but we all know those awards are just as often for longevity as for achievement. The proof is in the insightful, beautiful f i lms he’s made, fi lms that capture America and Americans from Blank’s own unique perspective: part ethnography, part verité, part experimental f i lm. Blank captures culture as it’s lived, as a thriving, messy product of hundreds of years of development, played out in the music, food, celebrations, and front-porch conversations that he so magically captures. (MP)

ZIVELI! MEDICINE FOR THE HEART &A WELL SPENT LIFEFRI, APR 13TH / 7PM / LOgAN THEATRE / $10

The criminally underseen Ziveli! Medicine for the Heart (1987, 51 min.) explores the music and culture of the thriving Serbian communities of Chicago and California. Meanwhile, A Well Spent Life (1971, 44 min.)Kurt Vonnegut’s favorite film, is a portrait of

ALWAYS FOR pLeASURe


MOVIES

Texas sharecropper Mance Lipscomb, who just might be the best blues guitarist ever. Les Blank in person.

SPEND IT ALL &DRY WOODSAT, APR 14TH / 5PM / LOgAN THEATRE / $10

Blank kept returning to document the cultures of the Louisiana bayou, an interest that resulted in two perfectly matched films. Spend It All (1971, 41 min.) looks at French-speaking Cajun culture through the music of Nathan Abshire and others, whereas Dry Wood (1973, 37 min.) looks at Black Creole culture through the zydeco music of Bois-Sec Ardoin and Canray Fontenot. Les Blank in person.

DIZZY GILLESPIE & ALWAYS FOR PLEASURESAT, APR 14TH / 9:30PM / LOgAN THEATRE / $10

One of Blank’s earliest documentaries, Dizzy Gillespie (1965, 22 min.) captures the greatest jazz trumpeter in his prime, talking music and playing his bizarre bent horn. And Blank’s greatest film, Always for Pleasure (1978, 58 min.) depicts New Orleans as a magical place where no matter how bad things might get, there’s always a parade somewhere. Les Blank in person.

BRITISH INVASION British pop is often the stuff of fads and fantasies—those emerald isles are where American Idol came from, after all (they just called it X-Factor)—but just as often it’s the product of, or a contributor to, deeper social and historical currents. In these stories selected by MusicFilmWeb.com, industrial decline provokes dance madness or swinging social commentary, f irst-wave punk confronts its legacy in an emerging superpower, and a superstar band’s mix of alienation and electro hooks reshapes lives around the world. And just to bring the fantasy back home, there’s Lawrence, an artist out of time plowing his own idiosyncratic furrow and wondering why it hasn’t made him rich yet. Cheerio. —Andy Markowitz, MusicFilmWeb


MOVIES

THIS BAND IS SO GORGEOUS! SHAM 69IN CHINAUK / 72 MIN. / dUNSTAN bRUCE

FEATURE dOCUMENTARy

WORLd PREMIERE

SAT, APR 14TH / 1PM / LOgAN THEATRE / $7

In 2009, at the behest of an inexperienced but enthusiastic Chinese promoter called

Ray, Sham 69 became the first important UK punk outfit to play in the land of Mao and managed capitalism. Chumbawamba vocalist-turned-filmmaker Dunstan Bruce went along to capture this tour diary, a gritty look at whether the passionate rebellion of punk can still unite the kids across the gulfs of language, culture, and time—and whether a band of middle-aged true believers can survive trying to find out.

thiS BAnD iS SO gORgeOUS! ShAM 69 in ChinA

THE BEAT IS THE LAW:FANFARE FOR THECOMMON PEOPLEUK / 91 MIN. / EvE WOOd

FEATURE dOCUMENTARy

CHICAgO PREMIERE

SAT, APR 13TH / 9:15PM / THE SOCIETy FOR ARTS / $10

Pulp didn’t simply spring fully formed into the headline spot at the 1995 Glastonbury festival—that monumental, career-making gig was the culmination of fifteen years of scrabbling around the edges of the northern England music scene. The Beat Is the Law traces Jarvis Cocker and company's long, slow, remarkable rise against a backdrop of political and creative ferment in a city that battled with Thatcher and gave rise to industrial funk and house as well as Britpop’s misfit messiahs. // WITH: In 1977 music doc maestro Tony Palmer looked at another northern England musical phenomenon. In The Wigan Casino (26 min.), he explores how a struggling mill town became the unlikely dance capital of England, drawing kids from across the country for all-night parties with a soundtrack of obscure American R&B. Palmer manages to capture the flash moves, deep grooves, and currents of social and economic history that shaped it, all in 26 minutes.

THE POSTERS CAMEFROM THE WALLSUK / 70 MIN. / JEREMy dELLER & NICK AbRAHAMS

FEATURE dOCUMENTARy

CHICAgO PREMIERE

FRI, APR 13TH / 11:15PM / LOgAN THEATRE / $10

Is there a fan base in rock ’n’ roll as devout—we use the word advisedly—as Depeche Mode’s? Jeremy Deller, a Turner Prize-winning artist, and music documentarian Nick Abrahams circled the globe talking to disciples of the black-clad boys from Basildon, drawing funny, touching tales of faith and devotion from (among others) outcast LA teens, yearning Iranian emigrés, and Russians for whom Dave Gahan is practically their own personal Jesus.

MOVIES

MOVIES


PUNK AROUND THE WORLD The word “punk” summons a certain image of a leather-clad, sneering, pimple-faced teenager with a safety pin through his nose who can’t quite play the guitar he’s holding. Punk as we know it could be nihilistic, political, or both, but it usually came in English. This program changes that—at least the last part. From the barrios of Chile to the townships of Johannesburg to the former Yugoslavia, punks took the anger and the musical form of UK and New York punk and used it to attack political and social problems including military dictatorships, apartheid, and civil war. (MP)

PANK: THE RISE OFPUNK IN CHILECHILE / 75 MIN. / MARTIN NÚÑEZ

FEATURE dOCUMENTARy

US PREMIERE

SUN, APR 15TH / 1PM / LOgAN THEATRE / $7

Not to minimize the complaints of the anti-establishment US and UK punk rock bands that rode three chords and the truth into rock history, but under the dictatorship of Agusto

SOnS OF nORWAY

MOVIES

PUNK'S NOT DEADMACEdONIA / 104 MIN. / vLAdIMIR bLAZEvSKI

FEATURE FICTION

US PREMIERE

SAT, APR 14TH / 5PM / THE SOCIETy FOR ARTS / $10

Macedonia’s official submission for the 2012 Oscars is a black comedy that follows the foul-mouthed former leader of an underground punk band as he tries to round up his bandmates for a reunion concert. It might sound like the stuff of dozens of rock movies, but this is the former Yugoslavia, and the ethnic and religious tensions that led to a decade of war are still present. Their perilously funny journey to take part in an NGO-sponsored celebration of “inter-ethnic relaxation” suggests that time may not heal all wounds. (MP)

SONS OF NORWAYNORWAy / 87 MIN. / JENS LIEN

FEATURE FICTION

CHICAgO PREMIERE

SUN, APR 15TH / 5:30PM / $10

THE SOCIETy FOR ARTS

Nikolaj isn't your average Scandinavian teenager circa 1978—he pounds out guitar chords learned from the Sex Pistols while his free-spirited architect father quotes Nietzsche at Christmas dinner. But after his mother dies tragically, Nikolaj is forced to confront the universal experience of maturity without disciplinary parents against which to rebel. A peculiarly heartwarming coming-of-age tale set to blaring punk and featuring a cameo from Johnny Rotten himself, Sons of Norway wonders aloud whether or not two generations can grow up at the same time. (JL)

Pinochet, being anti-establishment could get you disappeared. And yet young Chilean men and women embraced the loud, fast, angry ethos of punk, melding it with their specific political and cultural backgrounds and tossing in some Dada to create a unique and heretofore unheralded brand of protest music that Martín Núñez’s compelling film reveals to the world. (MP)

PUNK IN AFRICASOUTH AFRICA / 80 MIN. / dEON MAAS & KEITH JONES

FEATURE dOCUMENTARy

US PREMIERE

SUN, APR 15TH / 3:15PM / LOgAN THEATRE / $7

Punk rockers used sneers, safety pins, black leather, liberty spikes, and of course loud music to tell society to piss off. But as Maas and Jones reveal, in South Africa under apartheid, or in Mozambique during the civil war, the strongest statement a punk band could make was to be multiracial. Of the results, Curt Hopkins on website OkayAfrica perhaps put it best: “It wasn’t an explosion, it was an uninhibited musical miscegenation, in which punk and native musical traditions met—and screwed in the bathroom at the youth club.” (MP)



MOVIES

BAD BRAINS:A BAND IN DCUSA / 105 MIN. / MANdy STEIN & bENJAMEN LOgAN

FEATURE dOCUMENTARy

CHICAgO PREMIERE

SAT, APR 14TH / 9:15PM / LOgAN THEATRE / $10

Bad Brains: Band in DC is a remarkably intimate look at one of history’s most influential and iconoclastic rock bands. Combining found footage, rare concert recordings, interviews with heavyweights like Henry Rollins and Ian Mackaye, and comic

book style animations, the film traces their musical evolution from funk to hardcore punk to reggae. Culminating in a turbulent 2007 reunion tour sabotaged by the band’s eccentric, unpredictable frontman, Band in DC captures the struggle (and ultimate perseverance) of the group as they continue to produce music after 25 years together. (HS) // WITH: Man Man – “Piranhas Club” (music video, USA, 5 min., Lex Halaby). You do not want to mess with the Piranhas Club.

THE BEAT IS THE LAW:FANFARE FOR THECOMMON PEOPLESee BritiSh invaSion section.

the BROOKLYn BROtheRS BeAt the BeSt


MOVIES

THE BROOKLYN BROTHERS BEAT THE BESTUSA / 97 MIN. / RyAN O'NAN

FEATURE dOCUMENTARy

CHICAgO PREMIERE


First-time writer-director Ryan O’Nan stars as Alex, a pathetically down-on-his luck singer-songwriter who hits the road with an unlikely partner: self-described “musical revolutionary” Jim (Michael Weston), whose toy instrument compositions just happen to mesh beautifully with Alex’s moody self-doubt (sort of “Shins meets Sesame Street,” as one character says). Throw in a beautiful barkeep-turned-manager (Arielle Kebbel) and some pitch-perfect cameos (by Christopher McDonald, Josh Ritter, Andrew McCarthy, and Oscar-winner Melissa Leo), and you have a multihyphenate roadtrip buddy comedy classic-in-the-making. (MP) // WITH: How to Make Your Own Paul Pilot Record (short fiction, UK, 2 min., Ryan Suffern). Useful advice for the next time you want to make a Paul Pilot record.

CALIFORNIA SOLOUSA / 94 MIN. / MARSHALL LEWy

FEATURE FICTION

CHICAgO PREMIERE

SUN, APR 15TH / 5:30PM / $10


In Marshall Lewy’s sensitive, understated study of regret and second chances, Robert

Carlyle delivers a slow-burning performance as an aging Madchester musician doing penance on a California farm, trying to drink away the tragedy that ended his musical career. A drunk-driving arrest threatens to upend his nonexistence, as he’ll be deported unless his departure would cause extreme hardship for a US citizen. His attempts at self-preservation dredge up the secrets he’s hiding from, including his estranged wife and teenage daughter. (MP) // With: Brad Standley & The Foxflies – “Tik Tok Nation” (music video, USA, 6 min., Anais Godard). Ke$ha meets the White Stripes in one busy room.

CHARLES BRADLEY:SOUL OF AMERICAUSA / 74 MIN. / POULL bRIEN

FEATURE dOCUMENTARy

CHICAgO PREMIERE

FRI, APR 13TH / 9PM / THE SOCIETy FOR ARTS / $10

That subtitle says it all: the story of America is one of overcoming adversity through hard work, with an underside of disappointment and despair. Charles Bradley has had a hard god damned life that embodies both sides of that story, and you can hear it in his voice. How he came to a point, at the age of 62, where he could share his story and his music with millions of listeners is the topic of Poull Brien’s unmissable feature debut. (MP)// With: Timmy Grins – “Last Call” (music video, USA, 4 min., Fabio Lomelino). Regret is the heaviest burden.


MOVIES

CONTROL TOWER (KANSEITO)JAPAN / 68 MIN. / TAKAHIRO MIKI

FEATURE FICTION

CHICAgO PREMIERE

SAT, APR 14TH / 3PM / THE SOCIETy FOR ARTS / $7

Set against the frozen backdrop of winter in the northernmost city in Japan, music video director Takahiro Miki’s gorgeous, contemplative film tells the universal story of disaffected youth connecting through music. Based on an autobiographical song by Japanese pop-rock band Galileo Galilei, the film follows lonely boy Kakeru (Kento Yamazaki) as he bonds emotionally and musically with transfer student Mizuho (Ai Hashimoto), but the secret that she and her father are fleeing threatens to break up the band. (MP) // WITH: Too Close to the Sky (short fiction, Japan, 21 min., Denis Quinn). The generation gap plays out in an underground club.

DON'T FOLLOW ME (I'M LOST): A FILM ABOUTBOBBY BARE JR.USA / 90 MIN. / WILLIAM MILLER

FEATURE dOCUMENTARy

EXCLUSIvE WORK-IN-PROgRESS PREvIEW

SUN, APR 15TH / 7PM / HIdEOUT

$12 IN AdvANCE / $15 AT dOOR

See CLoSinG niGht section. Although he was nominated for a Grammy at age 6, Bobby Bare Jr. does not live the life of a rock star. When he’s not living out

of a van on a grueling cross-country tour, he makes ends meet by delivering lost luggage. Don’t Follow Me (I’m Lost) is a compelling film about the hard life of a touring musician who, despite his famous pedigree, still has to worry about feeding his family while trying to connect with his fans and follow his muse. (MP) Bobby Bare Jr. in person.

FLUCHKESISRAEL / 54 MIN. / OFER INOv

FEATURE dOCUMENTARy

CHICAgO PREMIERE

SUN, APR 15TH / 1PM / THE SOCIETy FOR ARTS / $7

The title is Yiddish for “flabby arms,” and it’s a clue to the heart of this lighthearted yet incisive look at growing older. The film follows a group of women bound together by their love of dance and their age—they’re all in their seventies. Deftly weaving confessional interviews, their life stories, and the grueling process of rehearsal, Fluchkes finds drama, laughter, and pathos in the inspiring story of artists who refuse to let age get in the way of their art. (MP) // WITH: Man & Machine: A Naked Robotic Love Story (short doc, Belgium, 21 min., Jesse Roesler). Godfried and Moniek make music with their nude bodies. // WITH: The Yodeling Farmer (short doc, Canada, 6 min., Mike Maryniuk & John Scoles). There’s this farmer, see. He yodels. // WITH: Lucy Schwartz – “Life in Letters” (music video, USA, 4 min., Mallory Morrison & Shiloh Strong). Clark Gable’s grandson finds inspiration where he least expects it.


MOVIES

GANZFELDUSA / 77 MIN. / bRIAN TORREy SCOTT

FEATURE FICTION

FESTIvAL PREMIERE

SAT, APR 14TH / 3PM / $7


A young married couple in Chicago (Jeff Harms and Amelia Lorenz), very much in love, nonetheless finds their relationship fracturing under the pressures of work (or lack thereof), social obligations, and diverging worldviews. As straightforward as this might sound, this is no typical film: lurking outside of the storyline is a band featuring Azita Youssefi and Marvin Tate, who perform songs composed by LeRoy Bach that, like a Greek chorus, comment on the intricacies of the protagonists’ lives. (MP) // WITH: Signs & Vibrations (short documentary, Switzerland, 8 min., Nalia Giovanoli). Total immersion in a club for deaf musicians. Director and cast in person.

THE GIRLS IN THE BANDUSA / 85 MIN. / JUdy CHAIKIN

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It should come as no surprise that the history of jazz is filled with talented female instrumentalists who, because of sexism and racism, have been erased from the official story. Yet Judy Chaikin manages to surprise nonetheless, as she documents the lively and sometimes depressing history of musicians like Ina Ray Hutton, Ada Leonard, and the International Sweethearts of Rhythm. Through a wealth of archival footage and interviews, The Girls in the Band rewrites the accepted history of American music. (MP) // WITH: The Collegians (short fiction, USA, 17 min., Bryan Lewis). Trumpet legend Erskine Hawkins gets a youthful comeuppance.

HIGH ROADUSA / 86 MIN. / MATT WALSH

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Directed by a founding member of the Upright Citizens Brigade, High Road follows Fitz through a quarter-life crisis. His band on hiatus and his relationship on the rocks, Fitz resorts to dealing drugs, but he’s forced to flee when a transaction goes south. Complete with car chases, guns, and an eccentric doctor played by Horatio Sanz, this absurdist road movie feels like Hunter S. Thompson meets Judd Apatow. At once humorous and unexpectedly thoughtful, High Road captures the disillusionment and resilience of the Millennial generation. (HS) horatio Sanz, Joe Lo truglio, Joe nunez, Zach Woods, Lizzy Caplan, and Matt Walsh in person.

HOLIDAY ROADUSA / 77 MIN. / vARIOUS dIRECTORS

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The demented minds behind 2010 CIMMfest hit The Scenesters are back with a hilarious collection of holiday-themed vignettes. From the ultimate Labor Day musical number to a cautionary tale about sailing alone on your birthday to the possibly apocryphal story of how Thanksgiving became a national holiday, these twelve side-splitting shorts by thirteen


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up-and-coming directors provide a year’s worth of laughs. (MP) Filmmakers Michael Suter, Kevin M. Brennan, Doug Manley, and actors Zachary ross and Summer Perry in person. // WITH: Tijuana Hercules – “Quicksand Passin’ Through” (music video, USA, 2 min., Shawn Brennan & John Vernon Forbes). More demented animation from CIMMfest ’09 vets.

I WANT MY NAME BACKUSA / 94 MIN. / ROgER PARAdISO

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Everyone knows how it started—“I said a hip hop, the hippie the hippie to the hip hip hop”—but the story of the Sugarhill Gang isn’t finished. Thrust into superstardom with the first Top 40 hip hop single but robbed of their money and their names by their management, founding members Wonder Mike and Master Gee have spent the last two decades fighting for their rightful place in music history. Roger Paradiso’s incisive

documentary tells the story of their rise, fall, and comeback. (MP) Director roger Paradiso, Wonder Mike, and Master Gee in person.

IRVINE WELSH'S ECSTASYCANAdA / 105 MIN. / ROb HEydON

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Rob Heydon’s adaptation of a novella by Irvine Welsh (Trainspotting), nearly a dozen years in the making, is a drug- and house-fueled trip into the heyday of Edinburgh rave culture. An aging drug mule (Adam Sinclair) and a married Canadian (Kristin Kreuk) fall in love under the influence of E, but she starts to wonder if there’s more to their chemistry than chemicals. A pounding soundtrack featuring Paul Oakenfold, Orbital, and Primal Scream combines with vertiginous cinematography by Brad Hruboska to ensure club flashbacks. (MP) Director rob heydon and writer irvine Welsh in person.

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JASON BECKER:NOT DEAD YETUK / 90 MIN. / JESSE vILE

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A week after replacing Steve Vai as David Lee Roth’s guitarist, 19-year-old virtuoso Jason Becker was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s

Disease and told he wouldn’t live to see his 25th birthday. Twenty-three years later, he’s still making music: unable to hold a guitar, he composes with his eyes, refusing to allow even his 1996 death to interfere with his calling. Not Dead Yet is a sobering yet ultimately inspiring testament to the sustaining power of music. (MP) // WITH: Ima Robot – “Greenback Boogie” (music video, Italy, 6 min., Frank Jerky). You never know what’s going to happen in the bathroom.

JUST LIKE BEING THEREUSA / 98 MIN. / SCOUT SHANNON

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Although rock show posters rank among the most creative and inspired forms of visual art around, they’re also ephemeral, usually turned to sludge by rain or crumpled in the garbage. But the gig poster scene is expanding, the work is being taken more seriously as art, and the close-knit community of artists who make these posters aren’t sure what to think of that. Join Daniel Danger, Jay Ryan, and local hero Steve Walters of Screwball Press for this entertaining analysis of an art community suddenly cursed with cultural cachet. (MP)Director Scout hannon and artist Steve Walters in person.


LOUDER THAN LOVE:THE GRANDEBALLROOM STORYUSA / 70 MIN. / TONy d'ANNUNZIO

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From 1966 to 1972, Detroit’s Grande (make sure you say it right) Ballroom was the epicenter of rock music. From local acts like Iggy & the Stooges and Alice Cooper to imports like The Who (who chose the Grande for the US premiere of Tommy) and Led Zeppelin, everyone who was anyone had to follow a blistering set by The MC5 on the stage of the restored 1930s dance hall. Louder Than Love demonstrates that although the Grande may be abandoned, its influence lives on. (MP) // WITH: The Coconut (short documentary, Canada, 10 min., Nimisha Mukerji). A young girl is torn between family ties and her musical dreams. tony D'annunzio in person.

NYMAN IN PROGRESSgERMANy / 80 MIN. / SILvIA bECK

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Part minimalism, part Mozart, part rock & roll, Michael Nyman’s music has continually challenged traditional conceptions of the classical genre. Nyman in Progress follows the iconoclastic pianist/composer best known

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for his striking film scores as he traces his Polish heritage, debuts a new video project, and tours the globe. Featuring interviews with Steve Reich and members of the Michael Nyman band, as well as footage from the films of Peter Greenaway and Dziga Vertov, this film will appeal to music aficionados and cinema enthusiasts alike. (HS) // WITH: Sei Ottavi – “Vucciria” (music video, Italy, 8 min., Michele Di Salle). Magic, music, and color in Sicily’s ancient market. // AND: Irene (music video, Canada, 7 min., Paola Marino). A Vivaldi aria about a scorned wife.Presented by the Chicago Symphony orchestra.

ONE NIGHT STANDUSA / 74 MIN. / ELISAbETH SPERLINg & TRISH dALTON

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Mounting a stage musical is complicated at best, disastrous at worst (see: Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark). So the idea of putting a couple dozen insanely talented actors (including Cheyenne Jackson and Nellie McKay), directors (like Tony-winner Ed Sperling), composers (like Emmy-winner Lance Horne), and writers (like Rinne Groff) into a room together and giving them 24 hours to write, cast, direct, rehearse, and perform four short musicals is both “joyous and heartfelt” (Indiewire) and a whole lot of fun. (MP) // WITH: Incest! The Musical (short fiction, USA, 23 min., Grant Reed). You should love your siblings, but you shouldn’t love your siblings.


PANK: THE RISE OFPUNK IN CHILESee PUnK aroUnD thE WorLD section. // WITH: Blah Blah Blah – “Why Am I the Only One Laughing?” (music video, USA, 4 min., Kasia Konair). The Chicago band explores feeling out of place and out of tune.

PARALLAX SOUNDSFRANCE, ITALy / 95 MIN. / AUgUSTO CONTENTO

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How much does the world around us shape the music we make? Augusto Contento’s contemplative film examines that question through a look at the relationship between Chicago’s dynamic urban landscape and the trailblazing musicians who defined its

underground sound from the 1990s into the future. From fiercely independent producer/musician Steve Albini to MacArthur “Genius” grantee Ken Vandermark, Parallax Sounds sets its gifted subjects’ self-examination against Contento’s stunning cinematography and Vandermark’s visionary score. (MP) Filmmakers and special guests in attendance.

THE POSTERS CAMEFROM THE WALLSSee BritiSh invaSion section. // WITH: Young Circles – “Love Hitch” (music video, USA, 5 min., Adam Badlotto). How do you forget a lost love? // WITH: Fractal Farm – “Bloodless” (music video, USA, 5 min., Devin DiMattia). Members of Fractal Farm donate their bodies to science—while they’re still alive.

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PUNK IN AFRICASee PUnK aroUnD thE WorLD section. // WITH: Jesus Christ! That’s Hardcore (short documentary, USA, 17 min., Ryan Britton). How would Jesus thrash?

PUNK'S NOT DEADSee PUnK aroUnD thE WorLD section. // WITH: Goths! On the Bus! (short fiction, 4 min., Canada, Karen & Jaimz Asmundson). Even Goths have to go to the mall.

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ROLLER TOWNCANAdA / 76 MIN. / ANdREW bUSH

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In the grand tradition of Roller Boogie and Skatetown USA (except, you know, actually funny), the first feature from Halifax-based comedy troupe Picnicface pits rollerskating, disco, and young love against the Mafia, who want to turn the local skating rink into a video arcade. Combining musical numbers, surrealist comedy, and slapstick with the finest skating scenes since at least Roll Bounce, Roller Town demonstrates that the tradition of cutting-edge Canadian comedy, from SCTV to the Kids in the Hall, is alive and well. (MP) // WITH: Chris Connelly – “Wait for Amateur” (music video, USA, 3 min., Shayna

Connelly). Chicago legend’s first video from his new album. // WITH: Face Time Police – “Nothing Left to Break” (music video, USA, 3 min., James Serra). The CIMMfest fixtures from Schaumburg tell a tale of heartbreak.

ROSTROPOVICH &SHOSTAKOVICH:MASTERCLASS OF FRIENDSHIPUSA / 54 MIN. / MEKHTI MAMMAdOv

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This affectionate documentary illuminates both the personality and genius of one of the greatest composers to battle the terrifying repression of Stalinist Russia, Dmitri Shostakovich. Fellow virtuoso Msistlav Rostropovich, one of the greatest cellists of all time and a formidable conductor, remembers his teacher, mentor, and dear friend through enchanting anecdotes. Director Mekhti Mammadov elegantly brings this friendship to life that will move anyone who has heard recordings of Rostropovich playing some of Shostakovich’s greatest works. (AE) // WITH: Il Maestro (short fiction, UK, 13 min., Jennie Paddon). The Usual Suspects of the teenage music competition world. // WITH: Urban Myth (music video, USA, 3 min., Erin O’Brien). A surreal animation inspired by Jean Miro and composer Murray Gross.Presented by the Chicago Symphony orchestra.


SHORTS PROGRAM 1:VARIETY IS THE SPICE OF CIMMFESTTwo Sisters, Audiogram, Heart of Rhyme, Mo Kenny's "Eden", Below New YorkSAT, APR 14TH / 1PM / LOgAN THEATRE / $7

Anthony Ladesich brings us an old-fashioned murder ballad with Two Sisters (short fiction, USA, 15 min.). Alice Ionescu returns to CIMMfest with Audiogram (short documentary, Romania, 19 min.), about a dance troupe for deaf children. Cory Bowles’s Heart of Rhyme (short fiction, Canada, 16 min.) is about a middle-aged white man whose life is turned upside down after a heart transplant. Greg Jackson’s video for Mo Kenny’s song “Eden” (Canada, 3 min.) has fun with green screens. And in Below New York (short documentary, USA, 28 min.), Matt Finlin looks at a few of the talented musicians who earn their living in the New York subways. Total running time: 82 min. (MP)Filmmakers, actors, and musicians in person.

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SHORTS PROGRAM 2:ROOTS-ROCK GODSApproximately Nels Cline, One Big Holiday, Revenge of the Mekons PreviewSUN, APR 15TH / 3PM / LOgAN THEATRE / $7

These three short documentaries explore the myriad paths to what we call rock ’n’ roll. Approximately Nels Cline (USA, 27 min., Steven Okazaki) traces the avant-jazz icon’s unusual path from improvisational trailblazer to Wilco guitarist. One Big Holiday (USA, 28 min., Michael Feld) is a local-boy-made-good story of My Morning Jacket’s preparations for a stadium show in their hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. And director Joe Angio presents a sneak preview of his upcoming film Revenge of the Mekons (USA, 20 min.), about the pioneering and genre-bending rock band. Total running time: 75 min. (MP)Joe angio in person.


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These two films, admittedly only vaguely connected (both deal with Mexico), still offer two acute and intelligent portraits of music’s use as a method of cultural transmission. Ryan Prows delivers the powerful fictional film Narcocorrido (USA, 24 min.), a tale of drugs and violence that is immortalized in a new form of Mexican folk balladry. And H. Paul Moon, winner of 2010’s Best Short Documentary, is back with Hamac Caziim (USA, 38 min.), an in-depth look at an indigenous Mexican punk band, whose music fuses American-style rock with the language and cultural traditions of the Comaac people.

SONS OF NORWAYSee PUnK aroUnD thE WorLD section. // WITH: Negativipeg (short doc, Canada, 16 min., Matthew Rankin). Rory Lepine can’t seem to live down a youthful indiscretion.

THIS BAND IS SOGORGEOUS! SHAM 69IN CHINASee BritiSh invaSion section.// WITH: Da! Concert Film (short documentary, USA, 16 min., Robert Beshara). Live at the reunion concert of Chicago punk legends Da!


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VINYLMANIAITALy / 75 MIN. / PAOLO CAMPANA

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Tutto il mondo é un paese. All the world’s a village. And in this village there are no CDs or MP3 players. Rather, everyone is in pursuit of the molded black platter with concentric grooves scratched with a diamond to recreate real, natural, glorious sound waves. Musician, DJ, and vinylphile Paolo Campana turns documentarian and sends his camera flying over stacks of LPs, 45s, and picture discs; and flies himself around the world to meet fellow vinyl-nerds from stamping plants in Germany to a laser-read turntable designer in Japan. (CC) // WITH: Music Man Murray (short documentary, USA, 22 min., Richard Parks). Murray has way too many LPs in his collection.

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UPRISING: HIP HOP &THE LA RIOTSUSA / 66 MIN. / MARK FORd

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Did gangsta rap sow the seeds of the 1992 Los Angeles riots, or was it the only form of cultural commentary to predict the rage and violence that exploded after the acquittal of the cops who beat Rodney King? Uprising, narrated by Snoop Dogg, cautions against easy answers to this question. Using archival footage and interviews with rappers (including Ice Cube and KRS One), filmmakers, rioters, police, and victims, this is a thorough examination of the riot, its roots in staggering poverty and inequality, and its aftermath. (MP) Producer Warren Cohen in person.// WITH: Protect the Nation (short fiction, Germany/South Africa, 16 min., C.R. Reisser). A young boy struggles to find the courage to do what’s right.

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DOCUMENTARIESKEIRDA BAHRUTHthe director CIMMfest’s 2011 Best Documentary Feature, Bob and the Monster, is a veteran of TV and film production. She got her start assisting Saturday Night Live director Jim Signorelli, and recently produced the award-winning documentary We Live in Public. She is a recent graduate of Werner Herzog’s Rogue Film School.

WARREN COHENis an Emmy-winning producer and development executive at VH1, where he oversees their Rock Docs franchise. He’s written for everything from Rolling Stone and Entertainment Weekly to Michigan History Magazine. He’s the founder of Docs That Rock, the first blog devoted to music documentaries.

MARTY LENNARTZhas been a fixture in Chicago radio for thirty years, twenty of them as WXRT’s overnight DJ and lately as Creative Director of Programming. He’s XRT’s resident film critic and backstage correspondent at music festivals.

DAVE WATSONis the cofounder of MusicFilmWeb, the best music film site on the planet. Before that, he worked for Midway Games and helped launch You Don’t Know Jack. He moved to Prague to create the first branded entertainment property in the Czech Republic, and he lectures on marketing in Prague and Bucharest.

FICTIONALLISON ANDERSis a fiercely independent film director possibly best known for her music films Sugar Town, Strutter, and Grace of My Heart, and is nearing completion (with codirector Kurt Voss) on the final film of the Border Radio Trilogy. She’s the cofounder of the Don’t Knock the Rock film and music festival in Los Angeles.

JON LANGFORDis one of the founders of the Welsh band The Mekons, and he helped redefine rock ’n’ roll in the 1980s and 1990s with that band and with his band the Waco Brothers. He’s also a talented visual artist, known for striking portraits of music legends.

JOHN MCNAUGHTONa Chicago-born film director, burst onto the indie movie scene with 1986’s Henry… Portrait of a Serial Killer. He’s directed for several popular TV shows including Homicide: Life on the Streets and Without a Trace. His feature films include Wild Things and Mad Dog and Glory.

IRVINE WELSHis a Scottish writer best known as the author of Trainspotting. He’s written a dozen books, many of which have been banned in various countries. He’s active in the film industry as a director, producer, and writer. He currently resides in Chicago.

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