At the beginning of the documentary that bears her name, 26-year-old Jacinta, daughter of Rosemary (45), mother of Caylynn (10), has been incarcerated in Maine Correctional Center, where her mother is also doing time, for eight months, with one to go. Even if she did not later ruefully admit — in one of those asides that sometimes see her eyes flicker off-camera, acknowledging the steady, unseen presence of director Jessica Earnshaw — that she hoped her release would be the opening act of a success story, it’s hard to dispel the significance of that stretch of time. Nine months is a pregnancy, and Jacinta, defined more than most by motherhood and daughterhood, wants to be reborn.
Earnshaw’s remarkably engrossing debut, which won the Albert Maysles New Documentary Director Award from the coronavirus-shuttered Tribeca Film Festival where it was set to premiere, was three years in the making. It bears the hallmarks of...
Earnshaw’s remarkably engrossing debut, which won the Albert Maysles New Documentary Director Award from the coronavirus-shuttered Tribeca Film Festival where it was set to premiere, was three years in the making. It bears the hallmarks of...
- 5/1/2020
- by Jessica Kiang
- Variety Film + TV
"Mississippi Damned," Tina Mabry's portrait of a poor Mississippi family, won the grand jury award for outstanding dramatic feature at Outfest, the 27th Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. Nacho G. Velilla's "Chef's Special" won the audience award for dramatic feature.
Laura Harring in "Drool" and Derrick L. Middleton in "Rivers Wash Over Me" won grand jury acting awards.
The screenwriting trophy was given to E.E. Cassidy for "We Are the Mods" which was also the audience award winner for first U.S. dramatic feature.
Here are more award winners:
"On These Shoulders We Stand" directed by Glenne McElhinney -- The Special Programming Award for Freedom
"Greek Pete" by writer-director Andrew Haigh -- The Special Programming Award for Artistic Achievement
"College Boys Live" a documentary by George O'Donnell -- The Special Programming Award for Emerging Talent
"Get Happy" by Mark Payne -- Audience Award for Documentary Short...
Laura Harring in "Drool" and Derrick L. Middleton in "Rivers Wash Over Me" won grand jury acting awards.
The screenwriting trophy was given to E.E. Cassidy for "We Are the Mods" which was also the audience award winner for first U.S. dramatic feature.
Here are more award winners:
"On These Shoulders We Stand" directed by Glenne McElhinney -- The Special Programming Award for Freedom
"Greek Pete" by writer-director Andrew Haigh -- The Special Programming Award for Artistic Achievement
"College Boys Live" a documentary by George O'Donnell -- The Special Programming Award for Emerging Talent
"Get Happy" by Mark Payne -- Audience Award for Documentary Short...
- 7/20/2009
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Tina Mabry's "Mississippi Damned," a portrait of a poor Mississippi family, won the grand jury award for outstanding dramatic feature at Outfest, the 27th Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, which concluded Sunday.
Nicole Opper's "Off and Running" was named outstanding documentary feature, and Stian Kristiansen's "The Man Who Loved Yngve" earned the jury prize for international dramatic feature.
Jury awards also were presented to Laura Herring, actress in a feature, for "Drool"; Derrick L. Middleton, actor in a feature, for "Rivers Wash Over Me"; screenwriter E.E. Cassidy, "We Are the Mods"; "First and Loveliss," directed by Shaun Kadlec and Deb Tullman, documentary short; and "The Bath," directed by Lee Mi-rang, dramatic short.
Cassidy's "Mods," about a high school girl infatuated with mod culture, also earned two audience awards: for first U.S. dramatic feature film and soundtrack.
Other audience award winners were "Chef's Special," directed by Nacho G. Velilla,...
Nicole Opper's "Off and Running" was named outstanding documentary feature, and Stian Kristiansen's "The Man Who Loved Yngve" earned the jury prize for international dramatic feature.
Jury awards also were presented to Laura Herring, actress in a feature, for "Drool"; Derrick L. Middleton, actor in a feature, for "Rivers Wash Over Me"; screenwriter E.E. Cassidy, "We Are the Mods"; "First and Loveliss," directed by Shaun Kadlec and Deb Tullman, documentary short; and "The Bath," directed by Lee Mi-rang, dramatic short.
Cassidy's "Mods," about a high school girl infatuated with mod culture, also earned two audience awards: for first U.S. dramatic feature film and soundtrack.
Other audience award winners were "Chef's Special," directed by Nacho G. Velilla,...
- 7/19/2009
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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