Stella @ Sixth & I Synagogue (+ Afterparty with a "Wet Hot American Summer Screening")Film Screening: Sweet Sixteen @ Library of Congress
by Svetlana 
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| August 28, 2008 | ||
| 7:00 pm |
free
details here:
http://www.loc.gov/rr/mopic/pickford/pickford-current.html
Two More by Loach
Sweet Sixteen (Sixteen Films, U.K., 2002). Dir Ken Loach. Wrt Paul Laverty. With Martin Compston, William Ruane, Annmarie Fulton, Michelle Abercromby, Michelle Coulter. (106 min, color, 35mm)
Like many of Loach’s main characters, Liam, a typical restless Scottish teen, finds himself alone in an environment of unemployment, dismal surroundings, and drugs. Living in the shipyard town of Greenock, Liam dreamily awaits the day of his mother’s release from prison, where she is serving a term for a crime actually committed by her drug -pushing boyfriend, Stan. Motivated by his mother’s unjust situation, Liam recognizes that he needs to take some action on her behalf. And, he begins to imagine himself capable of rescuing her from Stan, as well as her mean-spirited and foul-mouthed father. Convinced that he and his mother can start life afresh in a caravan park in the quiet village of Kilbride, Liam tries to find ways to fund the journey, but he winds up making enemies, and finds himself in trouble with the law. (KT)
