American Primitive Articles

Outfest 2009 hightlights on Sunday, July 19. Synopses from the Outfest website. American Primitive (Sun, Jul 19th 5:00pm, FAIRFAX 1) See Outfest July 11 highlights God Only Knows: A Look at Big Love (Sun, Jul 19th 5:00pm, DGA 1) Panels (90 mins) video Bold, funny and wholly original, HBO's Big Love explores the evolving institution of marriage in America through a typically atypical family. Creators/Executive [...]

Outfest 2009 hightlights on Saturday, July 11. Synopses from the Outfest website. Teddy by Christopher Banks (top); Steeling Magnolias by The Vasco Brothers (middle); James by Connor Clements (bottom) Boys' Shorts (Sat, Jul 11th 11:00am, DGA 1) Program Running Time is 96 min Dish Directed By: Brian Harris Krinsky USA, 2009, 16 min Emo kids Israel and Louie walk around their east Los Angeles neighborhood [...]

Directed by Gwen Wynne, and co-written by Wynne and Mary Beth Fielder, American Primitive is set in early 1970s Cape Cod, where two young women (Daniele Savre and Skye McCole Bartusiak) living with their father (Tate Donovan) and his business partner (Adam Pascal) struggle to come to terms with a secret — dad's relationship with his partner goes beyond business dealings — that may destroy [...]