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Over the course of a hot summer day in Los Angeles, the lives of 25 young Angelinos intersect. A skating guitarist, a tagger, two wannabe rappers, an exasperated fast-food worker, a limo driver—they all weave in and out of each other’s stories. Through poetry they express life, love, heartache, family, home, and fear. One of them just wants to find someplace that still serves good cheeseburgers.
Inspired by a spoken-word showcase featuring 25 diverse high school performers, Carlos López Estrada (Blindspotting) proposed a collaboration to develop the performers’ work into a loose, interconnected narrative, allowing the non-actors to express themselves and their relationship to the city.
With its Slacker-inspired structure, fanciful form, and exuberant magical realism, Summertime is a free-verse poem—of the kids, by the kids, for the kids. The young poets radiate vitality, honesty, and profound emotion. By the time they wind up together in a tricked-out mega-limo overlooking the city, we believe in what their crazy, creative togetherness represents: hope. As the driver says, “Y’all got a pocket full of dreams, so don’t let me down.”
YEAR 2020
CATEGORY NEXT
COUNTRY U.S.A.
RUN TIME 95 min
COMPANY Los Angeles Media Fund
WEBSITE http://www.lamf.la
EMAIL alisa@lamf.la
PHONE (323) 252-3500
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Artist Bio
Carlos López EstradaCarlos López Estrada's debut film, Blindspotting, premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for a DGA Award. He directed an episode of FX’s Legion and is currently working on an original show. He has made videos for musicians such as Billie Eilish, Father John Misty, Thundercat, and Flying Lotus, and in 2012, he won a Latin Grammy for Video of the Year. He recently joined Walt Disney Animation Studios to direct an original film.