AIN’T THEM BODIES SAINTS
Wisconsin native director David Lowery’s AIN’T THEM BODIES SAINTS, starring Rooney Mara, Casey Affleck and Ben Foster has been added to the upcoming Milwaukee Film Festival. The 1970s Texas countryside provides the scene for this gritty Sundance sensation that tracks the collision of love and crime in the tradition of Bonnie and Clyde or Badlands. One fateful move from his pregnant wife (Rooney Mara) during an intense shootout finds a young man (Casey Affleck) staring down a 25-year jail sentence, but a daring escape finds him determined to reunite this family no matter the cost. In addition to David Lowery the festival announced the full line-up of talent scheduled to appear at the 2013 Milwaukee Film Festival. The 5th annual Milwaukee Film Festival will be held September 26 to October 10, 2013.
Ain’t Them Bodies Saints
USA | 2013 | 105 min. | DIR: David Lowery
The 1970s Texas countryside provides the scene for this gritty Sundance sensation that tracks the collision of love and crime in the tradition of Bonnie and Clyde or Badlands. One fateful move from his pregnant wife (Rooney Mara) during an intense shootout finds a young man (Casey Affleck) staring down a 25-year jail sentence, but a daring escape finds him determined to reunite this family no matter the cost. Milwaukee native and MFF Alum David Lowery (Pioneer, MFF 2011) has imbued this award-winning tale of doomed love with a gritty lyricism that has drawn comparison to both Terrence Malick and Robert Altman, with stellar performances from its two leads and a terrific supporting cast that includes Ben Foster and Keith Carradine.
SCHEDULED TO APPEAR AT THE 2013 MILWAUKEE FILM FESTIVAL:
FILMS
AIN’T THEM BODIES SAINTS
David Lowery – Director/Screenwriter
Wednesday, Oct 9 • 6:30 PM • Oriental Theatre
AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY: THE EVOLUTION OF GRACE LEE BOGGS
Grace Lee – Director/Producer
Sunday, Sept 29 • 4:30 PM • Oriental Theatre
Anosmia (short film screening before When I Walk)
Jacob LaMendola – Director
Monday, Oct 7 • 2:30 PM • Oriental Theatre
Band of Sisters
Mary Fishman – Director/Producer
JoAnn Persch – Sisters of Mercy
Madeline Gianforte – Sisters of Saint Agnes
Pat Murphy – Sisters of Mercy
Monday, Sept 30 • 2 PM • Fox-Bay Cinema (Fishmann, Gianforte, Persch)
Sunday, Oct 6 • 3 PM • Downer Theatre (Fishman, Gianforte)
Wednesday, Oct 9 • 2 PM • Fox-Bay Cinema (Murphy, Persch)
Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker
Lily Keber – Director/Producer
Nathaniel Kohn – Producer
Saturday, Sept 28 • 9:15 PM • Oriental Theatre
Billy Club
Drew Rosas – Director/Producer
Nick Sommer – Director/Producer
Erin Hammond – Actor
Marshall Caswell – Actor
Tuesday, Oct 1 • 10 PM • Oriental Theatre
Blood Brother
Steve Hoover – Director/Executive Producer/Screenwriter/Editor
Thursday, Oct 10 • 7:30 PM • Oriental Theatre
Brothers Hypnotic
Amal Hubert – Subject
Gabriel Hubert – Subject
Jafar Graves – Subject
Saiph Graves – Subject
Seba Graves – Subject
Tarik Graves – Subject
Tycho Cohran – Subject
Uttama Hubert – Subject
Opening Night • 8:30 PM – 1 AM • Discovery World
Friday, Sept 27 • 7:30 PM • Oriental Theatre
Citizen Koch
Carl Deal – Director/Producer
Tia Lessin – Director/Producer
Sunday, Sept 29 • 4:45 PM • Downer Theatre
The Cucaranchula (short film screening before Date America)
Kate Balsley – Director/Producer/Screenwriter
Sunday, Oct 6 • 8:30 PM • Oriental Theatre
Date America
Bob Murray – Director/Producer
Sunday, Oct 6 • 8:30 PM • Oriental Theatre
Delicacy (from the Shorts: Out of This World program)
Jason Mann – Director/Screenwriter/Editor
Wednesday, Oct 2 • 7:45 PM • Oriental Theatre
Demigodz (of Tha Law) (short film screening before Billy Club)
Kurt Raether – Director/Producer/Screenwriter
WC Tank – Director/Screenwriter
Tuesday, Oct 1 • 10 PM • Oriental Theatre
Earth
Altos – Live Music Accompaniment
Friday, Oct 4 • 7 PM • Oriental Theatre
Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
Chiemi Karasawa – Director/Producer
Elaine & Clay Kelly – Family of Elaine Stritch
Sunday, Sept 29 • 7 PM • Oriental Theatre
An Evening with Paul Attanasio
Paul Attanasio – Tributee
Saturday, Oct 5 • 7:30 PM • Oriental Theatre
Free the Mind
Richard J. Davidson – Subject
Monday, Sept 30 • 7 PM • Oriental Theatre
The Girls in the Band
Judy Chaikin – Director/Producer/Screenwriter
Thursday, Oct 3 • 4:45 PM • Oriental Theatre
Tuesday, Oct 8 • 5 PM • Fox-Bay Cinema
GUN
Spencer Gillis – Director/Executive Producer/Screenwriter
Wednesday, Oct 2 • 3:15 PM • Oriental Theatre
Habibeh (Thicker Than Paint) (short film screening before Penelope)
Maryam Sepehri – Director/Producer/Screenwriter
Wednesday, Oct 9 • 5:15 PM • Oriental Theatre
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete
George Tillman Jr. – Director
Michael Starrbury – Screenwriter
Ethan Dizon – Actor
Skylan Brooks – Actor
Saturday, Sept 28 • 7:30 PM • Oriental Theatre
The Institute
Spencer McCall – Director/Producer/Editor
Saturday, Sept 28 • 6:30 PM • Oriental Theatre
The Milwaukee Show
Andrew Gralton – Cinders
Andrew Swant, WC Tank, Erik Ljung, Kurt Raether, Carol Brandt – Spectacle!
Anna Sampers – Margaret Hue Would Like to Go to Mars.
Brian McGuire – The Quiet City
Cecelia Condit – Within A Stone’s Throw
Harrison Browning – Pluto and the Vessel
Heather Hass – Begong Ava, Begong Hele
Jessica Farrell – USPS
Karim Raoul – I Am
Michael T. Vollman – Before You
Michael Viers – Love You Still
Zijian Yan – The Glitch
The Milwaukee Youth Show
Alejandra Salinas – Flowers in Bloom
Brian Mercado – In the Mind
Elizabeth Zingsheim and Mara Matovich – The Journey Home
Felicia McGowan – Sun Up, Sun Down
Gabriella Avila and Alexia Justo – Spider Dog
Holly Kraemer and Kevin Salgado – Phone Wars
Hudson Miller – Copycat
Jamie Mercado – How Geoffrey Broke His Glasses
Josh Frank and Ryan Coenen – Night of the Beanie Babies
La Tonya Matlock and Robyn Di Giancinto – Generation Empowered: The Dream is Now
Lauren Markey and Brian Ore – Pancakes, Poppin’
Megan Sai Dogra – Birth of a Dream
Participants in Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee Programs – #DiseasesSpreadLikeRumors,
#DontBeAnOffenderToThoseWhoLoveTheSameGender, #ForgetTheHumpIfYouDontWantTheBump
Students from Audubon Technology and Communication Center Middle School – Toytonic
Thomas Fleischmann – Alexander Copenhagen and the Key of Destiny
Mira’s Night (from the Kids Shorts: Size Small program)
Elyse Kelly – Director/Screenwriter
Saturday, Sept 28 • 11 AM • Oriental Theatre
Sunday, Sept 29 • 10:30 AM • Fox-Bay Cinema
Monster, Me (from the Kids Shorts: Size Large program)
Milt Klingensmith – Director
Saturday, Oct 5 • 11 AM • Oriental Theatre
Sunday, Oct 6 • 10:30 AM • Fox-Bay Cinema
Paulie (from the Kids Shorts: Size Medium program)
Andrew Nackman – Director
Saturday, Sept 28 • 1:45 PM • Oriental Theatre
Sunday, Sept 29 • 12:30 PM • Fox-Bay Cinema
Penelope
Brad Lichtenstein – Director/Producer
Wednesday, Oct 9 • 5:15 PM • Oriental Theatre
The Rambler
Calvin Lee Reeder – Director/Screenwriter
Friday, Oct 4 • Midnight • Oriental Theatre
Sunday, Oct 6 • 10:45 PM • Downer Theatre
Remote Area Medical
Farihah Zaman – Director/Producer
Jeff Reichert – Director/Producer
Saturday, Oct 5 • 1:30 PM • Oriental Theatre
Sunday, Oct 6 • 6:30 PM • Oriental Theatre (Reichert only)
Sign Painters
Faythe Levine – Director
Sam Macon – Director
Saturday, Oct 5 • 4:30 PM • Oriental Theatre
Strings of Color (short film screening before Sign Painters)
Sharan Mohanadoss – Director
Saturday, Oct 5 • 4:30 PM • Oriental Theatre
Unhung Hero
Brian Spitz – Director
Friday, Oct 4 • 7:30 PM • Downer Theatre
Sunday, Oct 6 • 5:30 PM • Oriental Theatre
Waiting for Berta (short film screening before When The King Tilts)
Laimir Fano – Director/Screenwriter
Tuesday, Oct 8 • 5 PM • Oriental Theatre
We Are What We Are
Jack Turner – Producer
Friday, Oct 4 • 9:30 PM • Oriental Theatre
When The King Tilts
Drew Britton – Director/Producer/Screenwriter/Editor
Tuesday, Oct 8 • 5 PM • Oriental Theatre
PANELS
Filmmaker, Meet Entrepreneur
Sunday, Oct 6 • 4 PM • Colectivo Coffee
• Andy Nunemaker – Entrepreneur
• Brad Lichtenstein – Director/Producer; Penelope
• David Sengkhammee – Bridge Management
• Kelly Fitzsimmons – HarQen
• Kurt Raether – Director/Producer/Screenwriter; Demigodz (of Tha Law), Spectacle!
• Michael Drescher – Okanjo
• Susan Kerns – Producer; Love You Still
MKE At Risk: Transgender Youth Awareness
Sunday, Sept 29 • 4 PM • Colectivo Coffee
• Michael Munson and Loree Cook-Daniels – FORGE
• Mitch Teich – WUWM’s Lake Effect
• Paul Fairchild – Cream City Foundation
• Syd Robinson – ACLU of Wisconsin
• Tina Owen – Alliance School
• Additional Panelists TBA
Passport: Germany
Saturday, Sept 29 • 1 PM • Colectivo Coffee
• Dr. Sara Hall – University of Illinois – Chicago
Representing Race
Saturday, Sept 28 • 3 PM • Colectivo Coffee
• Dr. Donte McFadden – University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
• Eugene Kane – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
• Grace Lee – Director/Producer; American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs
• Nathaniel Kohn – Producer; Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker
• T.J. McKay Martin – Director; Undefeated (MFF 2011), Academy Award Winner
State of Cinema: The Dissolve
Saturday, Sept 28 • 1 PM • Colectivo Coffee
• Keith Phipps – Editorial Director
• Nathan Rabin – Staff Writer
• Scott Tobias – Editor
• Tasha Robinson – Senior Editor
Sundance Institute ShortsLab
Saturday, Oct 5 • 10 AM – 3:30 PM • UWM Union
• Calvin Lee Reeder – Director/Screenwriter; The Rambler
• David Lowery – Director/Screenwriter; Ain’t Them Bodies Saints
• Mike Plante – Short Film Programmer; Sundance Film Festival
• Ry Russo-Young – Filmmaker
Work-In-Progress Forum
Sunday, Oct 6 • 2 PM • Colectivo Coffee
• Chris James Thompson – Guantánamo Lawyers
• Cris Siqueira – Monga*Ape Girl
• Jeff Gendelman – The Surface
• Jeff Reichert – Director/Producer; Remote Area Medical, VP of Theatrical Marketing; Cinedigm,
Editor; Reverse Shot
• Pat Buckley and Manny Marquez – Serenity Prayer
• Rubin Whitmore II and Xavier Ruffin – Mad Black Men
JURORS
Cream City Cinema
Andrew Carlin – Music Box Films
Farihah Zaman – Director/Producer; Remote Area Medical
Maureen Masters – Magnolia Pictures
Competition Program
Andrew Rodgers – RiverRun Film Festival
Robert Elder – Chicago Sun-Times
Rosie Wong – Sundance Industry Office