nov 10-14 2010 - Rehoboth Beach Film Society

RegIonal shoWCase
This year the Regional Showcase represents a wide array of talent and styles, a combination of first screenings of raw filmmaking
and well polished, well produced films. Each film brings energy and excitement and tells a story that is longing to be told. We are
very pleased to once again bring you films that have a connection to the region.
Putty hill
sAT Nov 12 6:25 PM-8:00 PM
[Includes Q & A with Director]
Sponsored by:
out oF annaPolis
sAT Nov 13 3:35 PM-5:20 PM
[Includes Q & A with Director]
Sponsored by:
cost oF a soul
sAT Nov 13 12:00 PM-1:30 PM
[Includes Q & A with Director]
Sponsored by:
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Directed by Baltimore native and current resident, Matthew Porterfield, Putty Hill
has made the rounds of the largest and most well known festivals including Berlin
and SXSW. In the film, a young man dies of a heroin overdose in an abandoned
house in Baltimore. On the eve of his funeral, family and friends gather to
commemorate his life. Their shared memories paint a portrait of a community
hanging in the balance, skewed by poverty, city living, and a generational divide
but united in their pursuit of a new American Dream.
Regional connection: Matthew Porterfield is a Baltimore resident
currently making films in Baltimore and teaching at Johns Hopkins University.
[dir. matthew porterfield, 2009, uS, video, 87 mins]
Website: www.puttyhillmovie.com
Matthew Porterfield was recently announced by Filmmaker Magazine as one of its
“25 new Faces of independent Film” the 12th annual list spotlights, up-and-comers
poised to shape the next generation of independent film. Please join Rob Rector as
he sits down for a conversation with Matthew. See Page 89 for more information.
The prestigious U.S. Naval Academy is distinguished by its clean-cut male and
female students in crisp uniforms who are excited by the opportunity to serve
their country. But how many of them are LGBT, and what is their experience at
the Academy? Filmmaker and former Navy submarine officer Steve Clark Hall
asks, and eleven gay and lesbian alumni tell. With humor and charm, former
officers share their struggles and triumphs in these candid stories of coming out
and coming to terms with their sexuality during their service.
Regional connection: The Navy Academy is an institution that is of interest
to most of the festival audience and many members of the film reside in nearby
communities.
[dir. Steven clark Hall, 2010, dVd, 73 mins]
Wounded in the war, Tommy Donahue and DD Davis return home from Iraq to
their North Philadelphia slum neighborhood. Tommy returns home to his wife,
Faith, whom he abandoned while she was pregnant. He meets his four-year-old
daughter, Hope, for the first time, and she begins to melt his frozen heart. DD
faces the pressure to save his younger brother, James, from becoming a victim
of the streets. Meanwhile their oldest brother, Darnell, has risen to become the
neighborhood kingpin. The two find themselves trapped in the same slums they
joined the military to escape from. As they struggle to make their wrongs right,
their own families become entangled in a web of crime and corruption so thick,
murder becomes their only option.
Regional connection: Writer/Director Sean Kirkpatrick is a Philadelphia
native and the film was shot in and around Philadelphia with a cast from the
area as well.
dir. Sean Kirkpatrick, 2010, uS, video, 105 mins]
RegIonal shoWCase