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Event
MORRIS FROM AMERICA Screening and Q&A with Markees Christmas
Date: Tuesday, August 16th
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Vidiots Annex
Tickets:
$15 General Admission
$12 Foundation Members/Students/Seniors
A heartwarming and crowd-pleasing coming-of-age comedy with a unique spin, MORRIS FROM AMERICA centers on Morris Gentry (Markees Christmas, in an incredible breakout performance) a 13-year-old who has just relocated with his single father, Curtis (Craig Robinson, "The Office") to Heidelberg, Germany. Morris, who fancies himself the next Notorious B.I.G., is a complete fish-out-of-water -- a budding hip-hop star in an EDM world. To complicate matters further, Morris quickly falls hard for his cool, rebellious, 15-year-old classmate Katrin. Morris sets out against all odds to take the hip-hop world by storm and win the girl of his dreams. Written and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Chad Hartigan (THIS IS MARTIN BONNER), MORRIS FROM AMERICA won two prizes at this year's Sundance Film Festival, the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award and a Special Jury Award for Robinson, who has been receiving tremendous praise for his touching and nuanced performance in his first dramatic role. Poignant and funny in equal measure, MORRIS FROM AMERICA is a delightfully original take on growing up, following your dreams, and finding your voice.
MARKEES CHRISTMAS (Morris Gentry) was born and raised in Los Angeles. He's a high school student who started acting in a school play in the 6th grade, which led to acting in a series of Channel 101 shorts. MORRIS FROM AMERICA was both the first feature and first trip abroad for Markees. The funniest thing that happened to him in Germany was eating the candy called Camel Balls; and, up until the film premiered at Sundance, Markees had never seen snow before.
All proceeds go towards the Vidiots Foundation, a non-profit 501(c)3 organization dedicated to the cinematic and media arts.
Vidiots celebrates cinema and the vitality of independent art through education, archival preservation and accessibility. The Vidiots Foundation connects people to experience evolving media, taking video store culture into the 21st century.
To find out more about membership and supporting our cause, visit us at: vidiotsfoundation.org
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LocationVidiots (View)
302 Pico Blvd
Santa Monica, CA 90405
United States
Categories
| Minimum Age: 12 |
| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: Yes! |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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