Saturday • October 8 • 9pm
Farish Theater $5 |
SABBATICALdirector: Brandon Colvin (72 min, 2014)
A work of rigorous form, SABBATICAL stars Robert Longstreet as Ben Hardin, a morose, middle-aged scholar who returns home to care for his ill mother and work on a new book. While home, Ben's relationships with family and friends -- his mother, his brother, his lover, his high school pal -- are tested, and he grows increasingly alienated. Ultimately, he is forced to confront his looming responsibilities and choose whether to engage or detach. |
About the Filmmaker |
Originally from Kentucky, Brandon Colvin began plying his skills at filmmaking in high school by writing scripts and making shorts. At Western Kentucky University, he met Tony Oswald. When he moved to Madison, WI for graduate school, he met Aaron Granat. The three of them made Frames (2012), the first film from Moss Garden Productions.Sabbatical is the group's second collaboration. In addition to being a filmmaker, Brandon is a PhD student in film studies and a film production instructor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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