A little after two weeks since it world premiere at the SXSW Film Fest, Oscilloscope Laboratories have hit the clutch and will spin off with Lotfy Nathan’s debut. The hypnotic 12 O’Clock Boys will have a shelve life that continues its forward trajectory on the docu film fest and then settle into a theatrical release slot with obvious DVD and digital releases in the cards to (perhaps the DVD packing on this one will be made out of tire rubber).
Gist: Simply put this focuses on an iconoclast protag in Pug, a young boy growing up on a combative West Baltimore block, finds solace in a group of illegal dirt bike riders known as The 12 O’Clock Boys.
Worth Noting: Newbie helmer Lotfy Nathan used Kickstarter (see here) to fund his doc and received support from the fine folks at the IFP Lab, IFP Spotlight and get this, he is now enrolled in Columbia University’s MFA Film Program. We expect Nathan to miss a couple of classes if the film breaks out like it surely will.
Do We Care?: Clearly a docu film that had plenty going for it the moment the trailer broke and we got to whiff of the lush visual treatment of a subculture out of a Mad Max type world, we weren’t able to cover the film at SXSW, but will be gearing up for the Hot Docs premiere.
