Echoes of LBI Spring into Summer 2018

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Directed by Eugene Jarecki Executive Produced by Stephen Soderbergh
 USA, 109 minutes Forty years after the death of Elvis Presley, two-time Sundance Grand Jury winner Eugene Jarecki’s new film takes the King’s 1963 Rolls-Royce on a musical road trip across America, tracing the rise and fall of Elvis as a metaphor for the country he left behind. A diverse cast including Alec Baldwin, Rosanne Cash, Chuck D, Emmylou Harris, Ethan Hawke, Van Jones, Mike Myers, and Dan Rather, among many others. A standout film that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and has wowed audiences at every stop.

Directed by Alex Fischer and Rachel Wolther USA, 40 minutes Spinning a series of loosely-connected tales involving the Cocoon Central Dance Team – which consists of actresses Tallie Medel, Sunita Mani (Netflix's G.L.O.W.) and Eleanore Pienta – the film hilariously delves into both serious and non-serious topics with a vigor that is unabashed. Unafraid to put both themselves and their audience on display as objects of their humor, the film veers into welcome and uncharted physical comedy territory.

Directed by Josephine Decker USA, 94 minutes One of the breakout films of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, Madeline’s Madeline is storytelling on a level that draws its audience in and richly rewards those who come along for the ride. Madeline (newcomer Helena Howard) has become an integral part of a prestigious physical theater troupe. When the workshop's ambitious director (Molly Parker) pushes the teenager to weave her rich interior world and troubled history with her mother (Miranda July) into their collective art, the lines between performance and reality begin to blur.


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