Event

YELLING TO THE SKY

OAKUFF 2011 - Opening Night Film
YELLING TO THE SKY
West Coast Premiere, Filmmaker Victoria Mahoney in attendance

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 22nd
at Grand Lake Theater
3200 Grand Avenue
Oakland, CA 94610

8:00PM

A graceful churning of sound, color, and chaotic emotion, Victoria Mahoney's semi-autobiographical directorial and screenwriting debut has been called "the cinematic equivalent of Miles Davis' "Bitches Brew," and it burns as it goes down, leaving you slightly dizzy, staring into the clouds. Starring the luminous Zöe Kravitz as Sweetness and Gabourey Sidibe (Precious) as her high school nemesis, Yelling to the Sky is a coming-of-age mash-up of raw emotion where the only answer to the brutal riddle of urban adolescence is to join in the fight for acceptance and survival. Yelling makes its West Coast debut at OakUFF after premiering at Berlinale and SXSW.
Director: Victoria Mahoney
Writer: Victoria Mahoney
Stars: Zoë Kravitz, Gabourey Sidibe and Jason Clarke