2017 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Matt Porterfield’s Sollers Point

Part of the mini Baltimore/Maryland clique of filmmaker contributors adding significant contributions to the American indie scene, Matt Porterfield lined auds up with personalized cinema offerings of Hamilton (2006), Putty Hill (2011) and I Used To Be Darker (2013 – a Sundance NEXT section entry). Production on Sollers Point began in July and he employed the services of thesps McCaul Lombardi, Jim Belushi, Imani Hakim, Wass Stevens and Kazy Tauginas.

Gist: This tells the story of Keith (Lombardi), a small-time drug dealer under house arrest at the home of his father (Belushi) in Baltimore. He re-enters a community scarred by unemployment, neglect and deeply entrenched segregation. There, he pushes back against his surrounding limitations as he tries to find a way out of his own internal prison.

Production Co./Producers: Ryan Zacarias (Entertainment), Alexandra Byer (Dark Night), Jordan Mintzer (I Used to Be Darker)

Prediction: U.S. Dramatic or NEXT section. Berlin Film Festival could also premiere the pic. Cannes or Locarno are not out of the equation either.

U.S. Distributor: Rights Available. TBD (domestic). The Bureau Sales (international)

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