Country: USA
Year: 2020
Duration: 93'
Bo McGuire, a young queer director, uses archive VHS footage to compose a love letter to his recently passed away grandmother: the matriarch of a large family in America's deepest South, troubled by the quarrels between a homophobic old aunt and a homosexual uncle fighting over the inheritance. The grotesque, melancholic and ironic portrait of an unconventional family and director's search for identity.
Biography
film director
Bo McGuire
Bo McGuire is the queer son of a Waffle House cook and waitress. He was born in Hokes Bluff, Alabama, and was always inspired by Southern icons such as Dolly Parton and Reba McEntire. He studied filmmaking at the New York University. He is one of "Filmmaker Magazine"'s 25 New Faces of Independent Film. His feature documentary debut Socks on Fire, born from his fascination for the South, premiered at Tribeca Film Festival 2020 and won the Best Documentary Award.
Cast
& Credits
Sceneggiatura/Screenplay Bo McGuire, Max Allman
Montaggio/Editing Max Allman
Fotografia/Photography Matt Clegg
Musica/Music Casey Wayne McAllister
Interpreti/Cast Odessa Young, Chuck Duck, Carron Clark
Produttore/Producer Tatiana Bears, Amy Dotson
Produzione/Production Motto Pictures, Wavelenght Productions, NiKA Media
