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High on Telluride
Long after members of the American Violet cast and director Tim Disney were gone, writer-producer Bill Haney, wearing a Boston Red Sox cap, presented the film’s final screening here, a culmination of six years of work. The story about a black single mom with four young daughters who has to fight racism and a wrongful arrest in Melody, Texas, was inspired by true events. Haney first heard about it while driving and listening to National Public Radio. He was moved so deeply, Haney said he had to pull off the road. Now he says he’s amazed at “the level of interest” people in Telluride have had about the movie.
Festival Buzzwords
Representatives of the Boulder International Film Festival said their favorite movie of the weekend was Kisses, a coming-of-age story set in Dublin.
Terry Tice, the “ringmaster” of the Abel Gance Open Air Cinema who has attended all 35 festivals here, called Mike Leigh’s Happy-Go-Lucky the “feel-good favorite” of Telluride this year.
African actress Felicite Wouassi was seen enjoying the beef jerky at the final screening of her film With A Little Help From Myself.
Go here to see more photos from the Telluride Film Festival by Matt Bialas.
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