MFF 2019 Festival Catalog

Films
FUTURE/NOW COMPETITION
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
PREMATURE
Director: Rashaad Ernesto Green
Producers: Joy Ganes, Rashaad Ernesto Green, Darren Dean
Cast: Zora Howard, Joshua Boone, Michelle Wilson,
Alexis Marie Wint
USA, 89 min.
When seventeen-year-old Ayanna (Zora Howard, in a
breakthrough performance) falls for a handsome, slightly
older man named Isaiah (Joshua Boone), her entire
world is turned upside down. But love is complicated,
trust is hard, and when the first blush of romance leads
to new challenges, Ayanna has to examine her choices
and grapple with an uncertain future. Beautifully
photographed against the sun drenched backdrop of
Harlem’s rapidly changing landscape, Rashaad Ernesto
Green’s PREMATURE is a touching, poetic portrayal of
contemporary young love, the story of a woman whose
inner strength is a promise upon which the film delivers.
Saturday, May 11, 1:15 pm, Clairidge 3
Sunday, May 12, 3:15 pm, Clairidge 5
QUALIFIED
Director: Jenna Ricker
Producers: Caroline Waterlow, Jenna Ricker, Nina Krstic,
Greg Stuhr, Libby Geist, Erin Leyden, Deirdre Fenton
USA, 78 min.
QUALIFIED tells the incredible story of motorsports
pioneer Janet Guthrie, who became the first woman driver
to ever qualify to compete in both the Indianapolis 500
and the Daytona 500, overcoming incredible odds to
earn strong finishes on the racetrack. But despite Guthrie
besting legends of the sport where it counted, her career
stalled as she sought to hurdle the institutional obstacles
that were erected in her path. Jenna Ricker’s film is
Guthrie’s story in her own words, a thrilling document of
a life and career lived at incredible speeds, despite the
glacial pace of change.
Monday, May 6, 5:30 pm, Clairidge 5
Sunday, May 12, 7:15 pm, Clairidge 3
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
THE QUIET ONE
Director: Oliver Murray
Producers: Jennifer Corcoran, Jamie Clark
UK, 107 min.
Oliver Murray’s THE QUIET ONE is a feature documentary
offering a unique behind-the-scenes look at the highs and
lows of the life of Bill Wyman, founding member of The
Rolling Stones. Throughout his life and career, Bill Wyman
shot hours of “unseen” film footage, took thousands of
photographs, collected a vast archive of memorabilia, and
kept a detailed diary to accompany these treasures. A
must-see for fans, THE QUIET ONE is a firsthand journey
through Wyman’s childhood in World War II, the golden
age of Rock & Roll, life with The Rolling Stones, and much
more.
Sunday, May 12, 3:30 pm, MKA Upper School
RECORDER: THE MARION
STOKES PROJECT
Director: Matt Wolf
Producers: Kyle Martin, Andrew Kortschak,
Walter Kortschak
USA, 87 min.
Philadelphia community activist Marion Stokes was
secretly recording television twenty-four hours a day
for over thirty years. It started in 1979 with the Iranian
Hostage Crisis at the dawn of the twenty-four hour news
cycle. It ended on December 14, 2012, when the story
of Sandy Hook shocked the nation. In between, Marion
recorded on 70,000 VHS tapes, capturing revolutions,
lies, wars, triumphs, catastrophes, bloopers, talk shows,
and commercials. RECORDER is a mystery in the form
of a time capsule, showing us who we were, and how
television shaped the world of today.
Wednesday, May 8, 7:15 pm, Clairidge 5
Sunday, May 12, 11:30 am, Clairidge 2
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