2014 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Sydney Freeland’s Drunktown’s Finest (First Look!)

There’s been a whole bunch of recent buzz happening on Sydney Freeland’s directorial debut, a dramatic number that wraps the coming-of-age, teenage rebellion, queer cinema with a Native American touch all into one. Currently in the post-production phase, the successful Kickstarter funding campaign to lock down the final elements means that Drunktown’s Finest (which wrapped principle photography this summer) is in the fast-track portion of the timeline which must be exciting for the helmer after a development that included a trio of Sundance Institute workshop stints (2009 Native Lab, 2010 Screenwriter’s Lab, and 2010 Director’s Labs). Check out the first look below.

Gist: Starring Jeremiah Bitsui, Kiowa Gordon and Lora Martinez-Cunningham, this Three Native American teenagers; a rebellious father-to-be, a devout Christian girl, and a promiscuous transsexual, learn they may be the next generation of medicine people for their tribe.

Production Co./Producers: Chad Burris (Mosquita y Mari) and Mateo Frazier

Prediction: U.S. Dramatic Competition would be a prime spot.

U.S. Distributor: Rights Available

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