OT:
OUR TOWN
Original language title: [same]

Country of production: USA
Year: 2002
Language: English
76 mins.

A school in the hood puts on a play from the sticks. Under-financed and understaffed, Dominguez High School in Compton, California has no theatre and has not put on a play in over twenty years. With no help from the school and the cafeteria as their theatre, two teachers and twenty-four students mount a production of OUR TOWN, written by Thornton Wilder. OT: OUR TOWN combines this specific overcoming adversity story with the play's depiction of a "normal" American town and its values. The result is an original portrait of an American community.

Director: Scott Hamilton Kennedy
Script: Scott Hamilton Kennedy
Cinematography: Scott Hamilton Kennedy
Music: Kevin Haskins and Doug DeAngelis
Editing: Chris Figler and Scott Hamilton Kennedy
Sound: Scott Kennedy
Producer: Scott Hamilton Kennedy and Mark Pellington
Production Company: OT Films/ Stressbox Inc.
Source:
Film Movement
10-14 Saddle River Road
Fair Lawn, NJ 07410, USA
rich@filmmovement.com

Scott Hamilton Kennedy studied theatre at Skidmore College. He has since established himself as a director for music videos, commercials, and corporate films, and also served as a second unit director on movies for Showtime. Upon completion of principal photography he was awarded four feature films, (each shot in six days) to direct as part of a series executive produced by Roger Corman.

Saturday, March 29
9pm
Biograph Theatre