A SquashWise team member returns a drop shot on-court at Meadow Mill Athletic Club
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- We hit the courts with Baltimore’s first urban squash team, a group of middle school students who’ve dedicated themselves to a new program called SquashWise. In addition to perfecting their backhands, these young athletes are taking on extra academics and competing at tournaments up and down the East Coast.
- Matthew Porterfield talks about his film, Putty Hill. It’s a blend of documentary and narrative elements that paint an intimate portrait of family members and friends as they prepare for the funeral of a young man.
- Plus, a conversation with Michael Kimball. His movie, I Will Smash You, invites people to take a sledge hammer to their most important possessions, and his film, 60 Writers / 60 Places, takes literary readings into grocery stores, Laundromats, and subway cars.
HELPFUL LINKS:
Learn more about SquashWise at: www.baltimoresquashwise.org
To learn more about (and support the making of) Putty Hill, visit: www.puttyhillmovie.com
Find out more about Michael Kimball’s films I Will Smash You and 60 Writers/60 Places at www.littleburnfilms.com.
And find the details about Kimball’s upcoming double feature presentation (February 5th) at the Creative Alliance by clicking here.