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EXPLICIT ILLS-Mark Webber, Frankie Shaw, Lou Taylor Pucci
Highlights:
In EXPLICIT ILLS, young love, drugs and poverty collide in the city of Philadelphia creating a beautiful tale of hope and the power of coming together.
EXPLICIT ILLS was awarded the Audience Award and Special Jury Award for Cinematography in the Narrative Feature catagory at this year's festival.
Happenings:
Only in his late 20s, film actor Mark Webber already has an impressive list of performances under his belt. He's been featured in such films as Bomb The System, Broken Flowers, The Hottest State, and The Good Life. This is his directorial debut.
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Stay tuned for interviews with Harmony Korine (MISTER LONELY, JULIEN DONEY-BOY), Jim Sturgess (21, ACROSS THE UNIVERSE), Brendan Sexton III (THE MARCONI BROS., WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE), Kevin Corrigan (THE TOE TACTIC, RSO, THE DEPARTED), Greta Gerwig (YEAST, NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS, HANNAH TAKES THE STAIRS) and many, many more.
Also join us as we follows filmmaker Josh Weinstein at his first film festival with his first feature documentary, Flying On One Engine. We'll be with the young New Yorker as he navigates Austin, Texas, attempts to rally a posse around the film and, of course, take South by Southwest by storm. Will he survive the festival madness? Will he fill seats? Will he sell the film? FIND OUT HERE DAILY.
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