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PROGRAM 35, 8:00 p.m.
Directors Guild of America, Theatre One
SLOW JAM KING
(United States, 2004) Dir./Scr.: Steven E. Mallorca
SLOW JAM KING is an offbeat comedy that skews genre lines and racial
iconography, combining the quirky characterizations of RUSHMORE
with the hip-hop sensibilities of '90s hood movies, and the countrified
outrageousness of OH BROTHER WHERE ART THOU? JoJo Enriquez, a wannabe
gangsta-pimp, thinks he hears his call to the streets and carjacks
Vance, a mysterious traveling perfume salesman. In tow is Devaun,
JoJo's best friend, who tries desperately to protect Vance from
JoJo, and JoJo from the law. But no one is safe from JoJo's impulses,
as the motley trio hits the road to Nashville, and slowly succumb
to an escapist adventure that takes them further away from JoJo's
reality, but closer to Vance's reality. When JoJo discovers the
truth about his reluctant road companion, the trip takes a turn
that leads the three of them deep into the heart of the Nashville
country music scene.
Video, 109 minutes, Color, Narrative
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Preceded
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OPEN MIKE
(United States, 2004) Dir.: Michael Tuviera; Scr.: Robert Naturman
Mike Sheppard, a stand-up comic in search of the next great "bit,"
meets Ligaya, an intelligent and unbearably cute Filipina. Mike quickly
discovers that to get to Ligaya, he will have to go through her family:
tough-as-nails older brother Jojo, her dynamo younger brother Eddie,
her perceptually-happy parents, and her eccentric grandfather, who
may or may not have been the head of the Filipino Mafia. As the two
get closer, Mike is faced with choosing between the love of his life
and his love for the spotlight.
16mm, 13 minutes, Color, Narrative |
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