Fest Rises with 'Evening Sun' -- Holbrook Shines in One of Two Movies to Open 12th Indie Memphis Film Festival

The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current) › October 02, 2009

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The 12th annual Indie Memphis Film Festival begins Thursday at Malco's Studio on the Square with a pair of superb films, "Shooting Robert King," a documentary about a Memphis war photographer, and "That Evening Sun," a drama with Hal Holbrook that could be described as a Southern Gothic "Gran Torino."

The festival continues through Oct. 15 with a lineup of more than 150 Southern-themed and national and international narrative and documentary features and shorts, along with parties, discussion panels and a closing-night acoustic solo performance by celebrated British rock star Robyn Hitchcock. Most events are at the Studio on the Square theater near Overton Square.

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Fest Rises with 'Evening Sun' -- Holbrook Shines in One of Two Movies to Open 12th Indie Memphis Film Festival

Many of the films are in competition for juried prizes in overall and "Hometowner" categories; judges include NPR Weekend Edition and former New Y...

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