#41. Sahkanaga – John Henry Summerour
Of the several IFP Narrative Lab and Lab Fellows mentioned on this list of 50, it’s director, writer, producer NYU’s Tisch grad John Henry Summerour’s Sahkanaga that is the sort of film that is closest to the festival’s mandate if I go by what I read here. A project that has been gestating for a while now, took shape out of some basic interviews, followed by a short film going by the title of Chickamauga, and then into a feature — the sort of low-budget, non-actor, Super 16mm film that could perhaps secure a birth in the very popular NEXT section.
Paul, a teenager in rural Georgia, throws out his sister’s kitten. When he’s forced to search for the cat, he stumbles upon a gruesome discovery in the woods. If he tells the truth, he risks exposing his parents who run the local funeral home, and losing Lyla, a beautiful outsider spending the summer in Sahkanaga. But if he keeps the secret, he risks destroying much more.
* Producers: John Henry Summerour and Miky Wolf
(IONCINEMA.com Preview Page // IMDB Link)
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