Video: Jeremiah Zagar’s We the Animals | 2018 Sundance Film Festival

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It’s a rarity for micro-indie and book adaptations to co-exist, but I guess this is the sort of project that felt right for everyone involved, including author Justin Torres. A first foray into narrative, we quickly get the sense that documentarian Jeremiah Zagar (who we featured in our trading card set) hit the ground running with We the Animals – there is an inescapable volcanic and raw quality that when matched with sketchbook etchings makes for an eruptive opus of rage within youth and where the film lands is far more holier than how this initially commences. Truffaut would be pleased. Zagar, his young cast, Sheila Vand and Raul Castillo were joined by key crew folks including the co-scribe and original author. Here is the post screening Q&A from the Library screening.

We the Animal Sundance

Eric Lavallée
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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). He is a Golden Globes Voter, member of the ICS (International Cinephile Society) and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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