Written by Axiom Films |
Monday, 16 May 2011
Ryan Fleck's award-winning HALF NELSON (which earned Ryan Gosling an Oscar nomination) kicks off this year's Midsummer Night Screen at Dalston Roof Park. Perched atop a roof in East London, Midsummer Night Screen brings together music and film in a series of al fresco events this summer.
When: Friday 20th May, 6.30pm
Where: Dalston Roof Park, 18 Ashwin Street, London E8 3DL
For further information and to buy tickets please click here.
Smart, moving and politically engaged HALF NELSON is one of the most exciting American films of recent years. Outstanding performances from the cast, including an Oscar-nominated Ryan Gosling (Blue Valentine, Fracture, The Notebook), Independent Spirit Award winner Shareeka Epps and Anthony Mackie (The Hurt Locker, 8 Mile, Million Dollar Baby) and with an original score that features Canadian rock group Broken Social Scene enable director Ryan Fleck to weave together a moving story of redemption in an unforgiving world.
Dan Dunne (Gosling) is an inner city high school teacher. Dynamic and inspirational in the classroom, he spends his time outside of school on the edge of consciousness. His personal disappointments and disillusionment have led to a serious drug habit. Dan juggles his hangovers and his homework, keeping his lives separated, until one of his students, Drey (Shareeka Epps), catches him getting high after school. It is from this pivotal moment that director Ryan Fleck builds a tentative friendship between these two unlikely allies, creating one of the year’s most arresting films in the process.
HALF NELSON is available now on DVD, released by Axiom Films.
