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Showtime

USA 63 min.

Saturday, October 13, at 2:30 p.m.
Ashe Cultural Arts Center
FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE
FREE screening

Director, Writer, Editor
Ben Guest
Cinematographers
Ben Guest & Matthew Graves
Director Bio
Ben Guest is an award-winning documentary filmmaker. He graduated from Amherst College, served in the Peace Corps, taught in the Mississippi Delta, and ran an alternate-route teaching program. SHOWTIME is his third film.
Producer
Ben Guest

Synopsis

SHOWTIME is an award-winning documentary about the friendships of four black girls from rural Mississippi as they try to win a state championship in basketball. It is about love, loss, friendship, and basketball. The Memphis Commercial-Appeal called it “‘Hoop Dreams’ with hoop earrings.” Winner of the Audience Award for Best Film at the 2012 Oxford Film Festival.

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