Fresh 1994 – 2013 MA15+

When

6.00pm, Fri 7 Apr 2017 (139 mins)

Where

Gallery of Modern Art & Cinema A

About

Fresh

Screens with the short film Straight Down Low 2013.

Boaz Yakima's Fresh is a coming-of-age story and gritty tale of crime and retribution in the slum neighbourhoods of New York City. Fresh (Sean Nelson) is a tough 12-year old who plans on surviving his current situation. While living in foster care with his Aunt and sister Nichole (N'Bushe Wright), he deals drugs for local gangster Esteban (Giancarlo Esposito) and saves the money. Wise beyond his years, Fresh decides to use the logic of chess learnt from his estranged father (Samuel L Jackson), to form a strategy that might help him achieve his ultimate goal. Incisive and packing an emotional pull, Fresh is a riveting and entirely unique neo-noir that situates the genre within a contemporary African-American experience.

Straight Down Low

High level coarse language, Medium level violence, Drug references

Film Details

Fresh

  • Director /Script: Boaz Yakin
  • Producer: Randy Ostrow
  • Cinematographer: Adam Holender
  • Editor: Dorian Harris
  • Music: Steward Copeland
  • Cast: Giancarlo Esposito
  • Production Company: Miramax
  • Print Source / Rights: Studio Canal
  • Screening Format: DCP (Digital Cinema Projection)
  • Year: 1994
  • Runtime: 114 minutes
  • Countries: United States, France
  • Language: English
  • Sound: Dolby
  • Colour: Colour

Straight Down Low

  • Script: Zach Wechter
  • Producer: Geoffrey Lee
  • Cinematographer: Mishka Kornai
  • Editor: Esther Sokolow
  • Cast: Jules Theodore
  • Music: John w Snyder
  • Production Company: Zach Wechter
  • Print Source / Rights: Zach Wechter
  • Screening Format: e-Cinema
  • Year: 2013
  • Runtime: 25 minutes
  • Countries: United States, France
  • Language: English
  • Colour: Colour