COURTNEY: I WOULD NEVER STAND FOR THAT

USA 2022 - 5 minutes, in English

Director: Patrisha McLean

Producer: Matt Siegel

With: Courtney Billings

Courtney, a hairdresser from Midcoast Maine, was swept off her feet by Prince Charming and in two years had been stripped of her self-worth and personality.

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Maine Premiere BREAKING

USA 2022 - DCP - 103 minutes, in English

Director: Abi Damaris Corbin

Screenplay: Abi Damaris Corbin, Kwame Kwei-Armah

Producers: Ashley Levinson, Salman Al-Rashid, Sam Frohman, Kevin Turen, Mackenzie Fargo

Cast: John Boyega, Michael Kenneth Williams, Nicole Beharie, Connie Britton, Olivia Washington, Selenis Leyva

Print Courtesy: Bleecker Street Films

A nail-biting thriller that’s simultaneously a magnificently acted questioning of how we treat our veterans and disadvantaged, BREAKING is tense, smart and thoughtprovoking. In Abi Denaris Corbin’s film, John Boyega is unforgettable as Brian Brown-Eastley, a Marine vet with a serious beef against the Veteran’s Administration, who he feels (and we agree!) owe him $892 (in fact, the film’s original title was “892”). To get some attention when the Veterans’ office refuses his attempts to discuss the matter, he walks into a bank and holds it up, devoutly wishing no harm to the two sympathetic hostages he takes, a levelheaded bank manager and her terrified teller, or to anyone else, but at the end of his rope in trying to provide for his adored child— and to restore his own dignity, perhaps. You can see BREAKING as a classic thriller, or as a social protest film…or you can just sit back and watch this fine film. You will not be bored. Or unmoved. —Ken Eisen Sponsored by Pat Clark

Maine Premiere CLAYDREAM

USA 2021 - DCP - 96 minutes, in English

Director, Screenplay: Marq Evans

Producers: Marq Evans, Tamir Ardon, Nick Spicer, Kevin Moyer

Print Courtesy: Oscilloscope Pictures

Tuesday, July 12 6:30 P.M. | RR1 Saturday, July 16 9:30 P.M. | RR1

Known as the “Father of Claymation,” Will Vinton revolutionized the animation business during the 1980s and 90s, making a series of incredibly charming shorts and features entirely of clay characters and ultimately creating such iconic and literal characters as the California Raisins and Domino’s The Noid, who charmed viewers into purchases. But after thirty years of being the unheralded king of clay, Vinton’s carefully sculpted American dream came crumbling down. Using a treasure trove of clips of their work together, CLAYDREAM charts the rise and fall of the Oscar- and Emmywinning Will Vinton Studios. Documentarian Marq Evans brings to life the battle between art and commerce in this affectionate, insightful portrait of an artist who put so much of himself into his craft. Evans says, “Will Vinton molded and sculpted his life to the best of his ability, but ultimately lost control of the way his legacy would be shaped. With the help of those who knew him best, as well as the man himself, my aim is to craft and shape the final image of Will and his incredibly complicated but wonderful life.” Shape it charmingly and wonderfully Evans does in CLAYDREAM. —Ken Eisen Sponsored by Colby Cinema Studies