Night Catches Us
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Filmmaker: Tanya Hamilton
Anthony Mackie (Hurt Locker), Kerry Washington (Ray) and Jamie Hector (The Wire's Marlow Stansfield)
USA / 2010 / 88 min
Awards: Winner: Audience Award, New Orleans Film Festival 2010
Winner: FIPRESCI Award, Seattle Film Festival 2010
Nominated: Grand Jury Prize, Sundance Film Festival 2010
ICA Cinema 1, Wed 9 March 9.00pm
A fierce, compelling drama about the legacy of Philadelphia's Black Panther movement with an electric cast and pounding new score by The Roots
Philadelphia, 1976. Exiled Black Panther Marcus returns to a community that still blames him for his best friend's death. When he reunites with idealistic lawyer Patricia, old passions resurface and old wounds reopen. As the personal and political intertwine, director Tanya Hamilton expertly depicts the tattered legacy of racial conflict. A compelling score by The Roots and searing performances by Anthony Mackie (Hurt Locker), Kerry Washington (Ray) and Jamie Hector (The Wire's Marlo Stansfield) make for an explosive debut by a vital new talent.
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Tanya Hamilton
Tanya Hamilton won the prestigious Pew Fellowship in the Arts Grant for Night Catches Us. Her short film The Killers won its category at the 1996 Berlin International Film Festival and the 1997 New Line Cinema Awards.
'Mesmerizing. Mackie and Washington couldn't be better. Tanya Hamilton's first feature is something to cherish. Remember her name. She's a genuine find.'
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone