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February 10 , 2003 |
| SWARTZWELDER
MAKES MISSISSIPPI PREMIERE Controversial 35mm short on surprising hot streak |
| Date:
10 February 2003
Emmy award-winning filmmaker Rik Swartzwelder made his Mississippi premiere with his latest multiple award-winning 35mm short film, The Least of These, at the 6th Annual Magnolia Independent Film Festival. Held February 6-8, 2003, at Starkville Cinema on Highway 12 in Starkville, Mississippi, the festival screened 53 films to sell-out crowds and presented Swartzwelder with the Best Short Drama Award. For more information on the festival, please visit: www.magfilmfest.com. For more information on Rik Swartzwelder or The Least of These, please visit: www.oldfashionedpictures.com. • • • Based on a true story by internationally known speaker and sociologist Tony Campolo, The Least of These has already garnered 9 awards and 24 "official selection" screenings during its seven short months on the film festival circuit. Filmed at the historic Tastee Diner near Baltimore, Maryland, the atmospheric, character-driven film tells the story of how the fading, isolated life of a diner owner and the dull routine of his late night crowd are forever changed by the unusual proposition of a stranger. • • • "A
BREATH OF FRESH AIR...THE START OF "ENGAGING" "SLICKLY
PRODUCED DRAMA" "UPLIFTING" "A
WONDERFUL STORY!" "AMBITIOUSLY
MOODY" "AN
IMPORTANT FILM" "GENUINELY
TOUCHING" |
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