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    Yelling to the Sky

    Victoria MAHONE 2011 USA Fiction color 94min English 35mm
    A teenager, Sweetness O'Hara struggles with a troubled family environment as she tries to make a life for herself in this independent drama. Sweetness is the seventeen-year-old daughter of a troubled and ethnically diverse couple; her father, who is a Caucasian, is caring but suffers from easy-tempered conditions, while her African-American mother struggles with severe emotional issues that lead her to abandon the household. While Sweetness is pretty and bright, she attends a school dominated by youth gangs, and she is often the target of a band of streetwise girls led by Latonya who resents her for her light skin. While her school counselor believes she can make something of herself, Sweetness is more interested in immediate survival than her long-term future, and she allies herself with Roland, who brings her into the world of drug dealing.
    The film explores the issues of domestic violence, bullying and crimes in local communities. The film has been acclaimed with its intense plots and impressive performance. For the teenagers, the process of growing up seemed to be bitter, while the dark reality was hiding behind the brightness of youth. Everyone will have to experience some losses, and some obstacles, and then he or she will become the way they want.

    Director

    Victoria MAHONE

    MAHONEY dabbled in Fine Art and World Lit at Southampton University, and then audited Political Science and all things Feature Narrative at UCLA. Yelling to the Sky serves as her debut feature film as writer, director and producer. With the film, MAHONEY was named to Filmmaker Magazine's 2010 list of the "25 New Faces of Independent Film".

    Victoria MAHONE

    2011 Yelling to the Sky

    Sales Company / Elephant Eye Film

    Email: demetri@elephanteyefilms.com

     

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