american independent visions: thirteen june 2 - 8, 2000 photo: thirteen

monthly calendar At the Walter Reade Theater, 165 West 65th Street: telephone: 212-875-5600 tickets can be ordered through 777-film 2 weeks in advance. box office and ticket information Fri June 2: 1, 3, 5 & 9:30 Sat June 3: 4:10, 6:10, 8:10 & 10 Sun June 4 4:10, 6:10 & 8:10 Mon June 5 & Thurs June 8: 1, 3, 5, 7 & 9 Tues June 6: 1 & 3 Wed June 7: 3:30 & 6:10 THE FILM SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER and THE INDEPENDENT FEATURE PROJECT present THIRTEEN in association with TIME WARNER CABLE and SUNDANCE CHANNEL

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American Independent Visions, a new joint initiative by the Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Independent Feature Project in association with Time Warner Cable and Sundance Channel, provides New York audiences with an opportunity to see American independent films with diverse and unique points of view. The series will feature one film per season: a film that has had a successful festival life, but has not yet been released theatrically. American Independent Visions is an outgrowth of Independents Night, a long-running monthly program organized jointly by the Film Society and the IFP. In 2000, American Independent Visions will focus on narrative features four times a year (February 25-March 2; June 2-8; September 15-21; and December 1-7), and Independents Night will showcase documentary films every other month starting in March. Partial support provided by the National Endowment for the Arts. THIRTEEN David Williams, USA, 1997; 87m An exquisite example of regional filmmaking, as well as a coming-of-age story with a poetic twist, THIRTEEN received critical attention when it played in New Directors/New Films in 1998. The film is a deeply felt portrait of 13-year-old Nina through the eyes of her mother Lillian, and follows the daughter's brief disapperance and subsequent quest to save up enough money for a car. With a tone that is reminiscent of the raw yet lyrical films of Charles Burnett, THIRTEEN features fine ensemble acting from a Richmond, Virginia, cast, who carefully improvised a great deal of their action and dialogue. The masterfully subtle cinematic poetry of THIRTEEN seems to grow organically out of its fresh and spontaneous approach to its characters and the world they inhabit. THIRTEEN is David Williams' second feature, following his critically acclaimed 1993 film Lillian. His debut won the Special Jury Award for Distinction at the 1993 Sundance Film Festival and placed seventh on The Hollywood Reporter's Top Ten list of that year. THIRTEEN garnered a great deal of acclaim at international festivals, including the Toronto International Film Festival and the Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the International Federation of Film Societies Jury award. In addition, Williams won the Independent Spirit's Somone to Watch Award in 1999.