OT: our town
To purchase the DVD or book a screening, please contact:
Veronica Renov
Email: veronica@blackvalleyfilms.com
Tel: 323 369 8223
Synopsis:
Under-financed and understaffed Dominguez High School in Compton, California has no theatre and has not put on a play in over twenty years. With no help from the school - and the cafeteria as their stage - two teachers and twenty-four students attempt to produce Thorton Wilder's American classic: OUR TOWN. OT: our town combines an overcoming-adversity story, with Wilder's timeless and universal themes - on life, love and death - to create an original portrait of an American community.
Check out the TRAILER!
"OT plays like a jazzed-up version of Ulysses' "Odyssey," with the cast forced
to traverse cultural chasms and scale seemingly insurmountable obstacles."
-Sorina Diaconescu, The Los Angeles Times
"Extraordinary! Constantly surprises! Pure filmmaking savvy
An instant Classic!"
-Variety
"Kennedy's camera familiarizes us with the students' hopes and fears,
OT: our town is a triumph!"
-The Austin American Statesman
"Smart, Funny, and Deeply Moving!"
-Ernest Hardy, The LA Weekly
"A glowing demonstration of the power of language, of art, and of community."
- Best of 2002, The Seattle Times
"The most triumphant and human story to reach screens in a long time! The word 'bravura' is often tossed around by critics, but OT deserves it and them some."
-Luke Thompson, New Times Los Angeles
The Store
- Purchase the works of Thornton Wilder—from plays and novels to study guides and DVDs in through Amazon.
Beyond Our Town
Discover the works of Thornton Wilder, from full-length plays to fiction, and one-act plays to screenplays.Photograph: Thornton Wilder, circa 1956. Courtesy of the Wilder Family Collection.