Chicago – The opportunity to sample new filmmakers is one of the true pleasures of the 50th Chicago International Film Festival, and this year’s crop of City & State short films, made in either Chicago or Illinois, was no exception. Directors Lonnie Edwards, Joel Benjamin, Meghann Artes and Robert Carnilius represented the area.
Lonnie Edwards, Director of “Parietal Guidance”
Parietal Guidance
Photo credit: Chicago International Film Festival
“Parietal Guidance” was a shot across the bow of the difficulties facing certain neighborhoods in Chicago told through the filter of a young girl just trying to walk home without harassment.
HollywoodChicago.com: What was the incident, or series of incidences, that inspired your film?
Lonnie Edwards: I’m a single father, and take my kids to school every morning. I just started to observe interactions between them and other kids. And while my kids and I are close, there are some things...
Lonnie Edwards, Director of “Parietal Guidance”
Parietal Guidance
Photo credit: Chicago International Film Festival
“Parietal Guidance” was a shot across the bow of the difficulties facing certain neighborhoods in Chicago told through the filter of a young girl just trying to walk home without harassment.
HollywoodChicago.com: What was the incident, or series of incidences, that inspired your film?
Lonnie Edwards: I’m a single father, and take my kids to school every morning. I just started to observe interactions between them and other kids. And while my kids and I are close, there are some things...
- 10/22/2014
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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