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[one_half last=”no”]THE WASHINGTON FILM INSTITUTE
cordially invites you to
NEWLYWEEDS:
Opening Weekend, Meet the Director, and Afterparty[/one_half][one_half last=”yes”]REGAL MAJESTIC THEATER
Friday September 27, 2013
7:15 pm
900 Ellsworth Drive
Silver Spring, MD 20910
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NEWLYWEEDS
2013, 87 minutes, color, U.S.A.
Director Shaka King’s feature debut provokes a thoughtful meditation on the habits that hinder modern relationships, navigating through the perilous and comedic with a natural ease and restraint. Craftily luring the stoner-comedy into a meaningful examination of dependency in all its forms, King confronts a community that refuses to grow up and asks the audience what it really means to be an adult.
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Shaka King is a writer, director, and producer whose films Cocoa Loco and Herkimer DuFrayne 7th Grade Guidance Counselor have screened at festivals and on networks internationally. Newlyweeds, King’s first feature, was developed in the Emerging Narrative workshop at IFP and was awarded a post production grant from Rooftop Films/Edgeworx Studios. He lives in Brooklyn, where he was born and raised.
CAST AND CREDITS
Director: Shaka King
Screenwriter: Shaka King
Producers: Jim Wareck, Michael Matthews, Shaka King, Gbenga Akinnagbe
Cinematographer: Daniel Patterson
Editor: Kristan Sprague
Production Designers: Kevin Kedroe, Yvette Granata
Composer: Scott Krupnick
Casting Directors: Kerry Barden, Paul Schnee
Principal Cast: Amari Cheatom, Trae Harris, Tone Tank, Colman Domingo, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Adrian Martinez
REVIEWS
“The #1 NYC movie this year!”
– Spike Lee
“Beautifully understated direction.”
– Nick Schager, Village Voice
“NEWLYWEEDS is a movie of excellent riffs, understated timing, and memorable performances (Coleman Domingo makes a fabulous spectacle of himself as Nina’s colleague). Each year the New York Film Critics Circle votes a best first film; NEWLYWEEDS is pretty close to first on my list.”
– J. Hoberman, Artinfo.com
“NEWLYWEEDS, the debut feature of writer-director Shaka King, is many things. It is an intriguing new take on the stoner comedy, the romantic comedy, and one might even say the black comedy. It’s also really funny.”
– Zeba Blay, Indiewire / Shadow and Act
“A more mature mixture of marijuana and melodrama. Alternately romantic, comedic, and melancholy. (Amari) Cheatom…manages the tricky task of making a forceful impression with a perpetually burnt-out character. He also creates a lovely, tender chemistry with (Trae) Harris, a performance artist making a propitious screen debut.”
– Geoff Berkshire, Variety
****! [4 STARS!]
“With impressive direction, a heartfelt-but-humorous take on the funny-and-sad things marijuana abuse can do to people, and a rich portrait of a relationship just a few puffs from being all used up, NEWLYWEEDS is a striking debut from a strong talent who can find the true feelings hiding behind bloodshot eyes.”
– James Rocchi, MSN / The Hitlist
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AFTER PARTY
Location and Details announced at the Screening.