PRODIGALS SONS returns (or rather, stays on)!
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Last night, DocuClub co-hosted what was supposed to be closing night of Prodigal Sons’ New York theatrical run.
I arrived at the Cinema Village promptly to introduce the 7:20 p.m. show to an audience eager to experience Kimberly Reed’s incisive personal documentary. The film holds a special place for me as DocuClub’s programmer, as it was the first rough cut DocuClub showed as a newly-acquired project of Arts Engine, back in April 2008. So it was with pride that I was happy to also conduct the post-screening filmmaker Q&A.
The audience was enthusiastic and complementary. Mostly touched by Reed’s candid approach to difficult and often-hushed subjects, audience members focused primarily on how the media had covered the film as Reed’s coming out as transgender to her small Montana hometown—granted, an important aspect of the story—rather than as the depiction of the complex ways in which families love and support their members.
If you haven’t seen this amazing work, don’t despair. Cinema Village has extended its run for another week. Tell your friends. Better yet, bring your loved ones.
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| Posted on March 5, 2010
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