independent visions
Support the Girls
The general manager at a highway-side ''sports bar with curves" has her incurable optimism and faith in her girls, her customers and herself tested over the course of a long, strange day.
Director: andrew bujalski
Cast includes: regina hall, dylan gelula, hayley lu richardson
93 mins / 2018 / usa / english
Lisa Conroy (Regina Hall – The Hate U Give, Girl’s Trip) is the last person you’d expect to find in a highway-side ‘sports bar with curves’, but as general manager at Double Whammies, she’s come to love the place and its customers. An incurable den mother, she nurtures and protects her girls fiercely, but over the course of one trying day, her optimism is battered from every direction. Double Whammies sells a big, weird American fantasy, but what happens when reality pokes a bunch of holes in it?
Support the Girls is a critically-acclaimed, crowd-pleasing indie comedy from acclaimed writer/director Andrew Bujalski (Mutual Appreciation, Funny Ha Ha, Computer Chess) featuring a fantastic female ensemble cast including Haley Lu Richardson (The Edge Of Seventeen), Shayna McHayle (recording artist Junglepussy), Dylan Gelula (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), AJ Michalka (The Lovely Bones), Brooklyn Decker (Just Go With It), Jana Kramer (One Tree Hill) and Lea DeLaria (Orange Is The New Black).
The film, also starring James Le Gros (Certain Women, Drugstore Cowboy), won Regina Hall the New York Film Critic’s Cirle Award for Best Actress as well as Best Actress nominations at the Independent Spirit and Gotham Awards, and it featured on Barack Obama’s Best Films of 2018 list!
Independent Visions is a regular film night championing modern independent North American cinema. Working in partnership with Brighton-based film distributors, Bulldog https://bulldog-film.com/we will bring you monthly screenings showcasing the newest must-sees as well as the recent greats and cult hits you might have missed. Each film screening will be hosted by Philip Hoile, charismatic cinephile and independent film expert, and include on-stage or zoom intros or interviews with these contemporary filmmakers destined to become the indie auteurs of the future - plus attendees have the chance of getting their hands on free merch and posters!
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