bamcinemaFest: Beasts of the Southern Wild

Part of BAMcinemaFest

Thu, Jun 21 at 7pm (two screenings)
The screening in Theater 3 will be followed by a Q&A. There will be an introduction in Theater 4. Both screenings are sold-out, but there will be a standby line.

SNEAK PREVIEW

Director: Benh Zeitlin
Executive Producer: Philipp Engelhorn, Paul Mezey, Michael Raisler 
Producer: Michael Gottwald, Dan Janvey, Josh Penn
Cinematographer: Ben Richardson
Editor: Crockett Doob, Affonso Gonçalves
With Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry

(2012) 91min

In the backwoods of the Louisiana delta, dauntless youngster Hushpuppy (Wallis), her ailing father Wink (Henry), and their colorful band of neighbors stand defiant against the looming storm and rising waters that threaten to tear their community apart. Fresh from a rapturous reception at Sundance, where it won the Grand Jury Prize, and a showing at Cannes, Zeitlin’s feature debut is a cinematic folktale reminiscent of Terrence Malick’s work and David Gordon Green’s George Washington—equal parts youthful whimsy and Sisyphean struggle to protect a vanishing way of life. A Fox Searchlight release.