SLACKER 2011

SLACKER 2011

Filmmakers in person!

Friday, November 11th at 10:00PM, Click Here to Buy Tickets

Sponsored by the Tucson Film Office

Co-Presented by ZIA Records
ARIZONA PREMIERE

Scheduled to appear:  SLACKER 2011  directors JOHN BRYANT, AMY GRAPPELL and BOB RAY!

“A charming, sometimes very funny snapshot of contemporary Austin.” – Kimberly Jones, THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE

Richard Linklater’s SLACKER inspired a generation of American filmmakers by exploring the subculture of Austin, Texas in a loose narrative with a tapestry of quirky characters. Celebrating the 20th anniversary of that iconic movie, 24 of Austin’s top filmmakers banded together to update SLACKER with their own perspectives on the city. SLACKER 2011 is a stream-of-consciousness chronicle of a day in Austin, presenting the city-dwellers, dragworms, proto-hipsters and locations that give the city its modern identity. The film showcases a transformed town next to things that never change. SLACKER 2011 is an homage to twenty years of independent filmmaking, presenting the city’s changing face and showcasing some of its most exciting talent.

JOHN BRYANT
John Bryant is the director/producer of the 2009 feature THE OVERLOOK BROTHERS, which played several festivals including SXSW, Woodstock and the Maryland Film Festival before being picked up by IFC Films and later screened on the Sundance Channel.

AMY GRAPPELL
Amy Grappell’s most recent film QUADRANGLE premiered at Sundance (2010), winning an honorable mention jury prize, and won both Best Documentary Short and the Wholphin Best Short Film award at SXSW (2010). She also produced, co-wrote, and acted in the indie narrative feature SHADY GROVE.

BOB RAY
Bob Ray, in addition to creating music videos for the likes of Nashville Pussy, Fuckemos and Riverboat Gamblers, as well as a slew of freaky CrashToon cartoons, is the director of three critically acclaimed features: the stoner-comedy ROCK OPERA (1999), the modern era roller derby doc HELL ON WHEELS (2007) and his newest flick, the extremely out-there documentary TOTAL BADASS.

(Directed by Various, USA, 2011, 105 mins, NR) HD Digital Presentation