The Other America
Ari, a homeless teen, conceals his identity as the graffiti artist "Shelter Boy".
The Other America is centered on Ari, a homeless urban teen. It is a coming of age story in the context of poverty and the failure of society to care for children.
- Directed by Eugene Martin
- Written by Eugene Martin
- Produced by Eugene Martin
- Running Time 81 min
- Release Date 2008
- Content Rating Intended Audience: teen
- Website The Other America
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Written by Eugene Martin
Produced by Eugene Martin
Cast Tobias Segal:
Irene Longshore:
Vicky Wang:
San Francisco International Film Festival
Boston Independent Film Festival
Lake Placid Film Festival
Slamdance Film Festival -- Opening Film (Nominated)
I have aimed for a kind of filmmaking that is direct, intimate, and unmediated. In other words, I wanted to find a way to crash through the pretty staid conventions of filmmaking and get to this other place, although at times I had no real idea where I was going with it. But that got me excited, and I think the cast especially enjoyed our long sessions of screenings dailies and quickly assembled versions of scenes; then spending time to talk about it and coming up with a plan for each day. If we felt like we didn’t have anything to offer that day, we would just watch dailies and go home. Other days when we would hit a rhythm, we would keep filming into the evening.
