#99. When The World’s On Fire
Director/Writer: James Clauer
Producers: Brent Stewart, Ryan Zacarias and Brooke Bernard (from Septien) with John Maringouin (Big River Man)
Distributor: Rights Available
The Gist: Javier, a Guatemalan immigrant, finds himself homeless and living on
the fringes of society in a hardscrabble Southern town. With a loyal dog
for a companion, Javier encounters a revolving cast of characters each
more colorful than the last, rugged souls who are fighting to break free
from their suffocating predicaments, and hoping to catch some faint
glimmer of the American dream…(more)
Cast: James Cooke and Leo Kling
List Worthy Reasons…: Six years since his breakout short film debut “The Aluminum Fowl,” hit the festival circuit (Sundance, Rotterdam, Cannes), James Clauer’s feature length debut in glorious 35mm is finally upon us and should make the immigrant experience samples as Sin Nombre feel like a Disney film. Backed by the Nomadic Independence clan, this Gotham in Progress selected project will surely be a fierce commentary about the unattainable and indoctrinated myth that has been going strong since 1931.
Release Date/Status?: We were thinking Sundance, and now we’re thinking the Directors’ Fortnight (Cannes) folks will be interested in re-inviting the filmmaker.
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