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JOHN SAYLES TO OPEN WRIF '12!
Indie film giant John Sayles will bring his new film, AMIGO, to White River Indie Films' 2012 Festival at the Tupelo Music Hall, April 27. It'll be your chance to meet and greet a major figure in independent filmmaking.
Also, we already know that Saturday night will highlight the new feature, BRIEF REUNION, shot in Lyme by writer/director (and Hanover native) John Daschbach. And later, for a Saturday-night bash, we'll be showing White River Junction-filmmaker Matt Bucy's THE SONS OF TENNESSEE WILLIAMS, a rollicking New Orleans Mardi Gras documentary. Matt's film will be followed by a live band and some kicking dance music.
Sayles's AMIGO screening will be an area premiere for this latest work by a legendary filmmaker who got started with the ground-breaking RETURN OF THE SECAUCUS SEVEN and has worked inside and outside of Hollywood for more than thirty years. Sayles, along with his producer and collaborator, Maggie Renzi, will be at WRIF as our guests of honor. There'll be ample opportunities to discuss film and filmmaking with this fascinating pair. WRIF will open the festival weekend with the screening, plus a Q&A and reception for John and Maggie.
We're also working on plans to feature John and Maggie in workshops and panels on Saturday, Apr. 28, on film producing, scriptwriting, and copyright laws. In addition, we hope we can get John to do a reading from his latest novel, A MOMENT IN THE SUN.
WRIF will take over the town as main screenings will be at Tupelo Music Hall with other shows and events at the Main Street Museum.
2012 WRIF FESTIVAL DATES: APRIL 27-29
BUILD UP TO WRIF '12
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