Join us for a screening followed by a Q&A with writer/director Dustin Guy Defa, Bene Coopersmith, and George Sample III.
Moderated by John DeFore, film critic.
SYNOPSIS
In Person to Person, a record collector hustles for a big score while his heartbroken roommate tries to erase a terrible mistake, a teenager bears witness to her best friend’s new relationship, and a rookie reporter, alongside her demanding supervisor, chases the clues of a murder case involving a life-weary clock shop owner.
Shot entirely in 16mm, Person to Person effortlessly humanizes its characters, invoking an earnest realism in the performances of its ensemble cast: Michael Cera, Abbi Jacobson, Michaela Watkins, and newcomer Bene Coopersmith. Defa demonstrates his aptitude for honest storytelling as he explores the absurdity and challenges of forging human connections.
PANELIST BIOS
Dustin Guy Defa - Writer/Director
Dustin Guy Defa’s feature film Bad Fever was named one of the best films of 2012 by The New Yorker. His short film Person to Person (2014) premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and won awards at the Berlin International Film Festival, SXSW Film Festival, and Hot Docs. His short Family Nightmare also screened at the Sundance Film Festival. In 2015, the Film Society of Lincoln Center presented a weeklong retrospective of his short films.
Bene Coopersmith
George Sample III
George is an actor, writer and musician. A United States Marine Drill Instructor raised him alongside his hard-working mother, who chose to stay at home to raise her children. Being raised by both showed him the meaning of hard work, integrity, patience and empathy forothers. Growing up, he gravitated towards music and poetry as an outlet for expression. George appeared in the 2015 film Cronies directed by Michael Larnell.
