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Momma’s Man Series: New Directors/New Films [March 26 - April 6, 2008] Director: Azazel Jacobs, Country: USA, Release: 2008, Runtime: 94 The narcissism and inherent freedom of adolescence can have addictive properties. For Mikey, a thirty-something father of a newborn who works a nothing job, a moment of adolescent relapse becomes a rabbit-hole of immobility. Visiting his New York artist parents (portrayed with heart-breaking depth and impressive naturalism by director Azazel Jacobs’s real-life parents, Ken and Flo) on a business trip away from his family in California, Mikey finds himself unable to leave his childhood home (the Jacobs’ own downtown loft, a true character unto itself). His actions are not based in malice, though his indecisiveness and the natural, sweetly overbearing concern of his family cause him to spiral down a path of untruth and abandonment. Filled with wry humor and an authenticity that once defined independent film, Momma’s Man is superbly crafted, funny, and utterly poignant. Fri Mar 28: 6:15pm (MoMA) Sat Mar 29: 1:00pm (WRT) The son of avant-garde filmmaker Ken Jacobs, Manhattan-native Azazel Jacobs studied film at SUNY Purchase and the American Film Institute. Momma’s Man is his third feature.

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