Some Beasts, indie film in Ruston, plus exclusive dinner with the Director

NCLAC presents Some Beasts with writer and director Cameron Bruce Nelson as part of the South Arts Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers at the Dixie Center for the Arts, Ruston, LA on March 23, 2017 at 7pm. Following a screening of the film the filmmaker will engage the audience in a discussion about the film and his work. Tickets are available for $5 general admission and $3 students at the Dixie Center for the Arts Box Office, 212 N Vienna.

NCLAC will hold a pre-screening dinner and music event at the Norton Building at 5:30. Dinner will be catered by Rosemary’s Kitchen, wine generously provided by Devine Wines & Spirits, and live bluegrass music adding a perfect component to the evening. Tickets for this must be pre-purchased, and they are $40.

Film Synopsis: Working in an insular farming community in Appalachia, Sal Damon, a modern-day Thoreau, seeks solace from a past relationship. After a sudden death in the community and the discovery of a feral child living on the lam, Sal must reconcile his place in a world that lives outside of the law. Some Beasts speaks to realism and the concept of the American Dream by using non-actors to depict contemporary small-scale farmers of Appalachia in this cinéma vérité work.

“We hope Some Beasts will be a truly cinematic experience that will capture audiences with its breathtaking scenery, subtle performances, and timeless story about one man’s choice between his dreams and his responsibilities,” say Nelson and producer Ashley Maynor.

Nelson is a New York-based filmmaker who previously served as the technical director at the Lone Star Film Festival and as an assistant programmer for Videofest in Texas. Nelson is a 2014 IFP Narrative Lab Fellow, who has written and directed several short films that have screened widely on the U.S. festival circuit. Some Beasts is his first feature film.

The Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers is a program of South Arts. Southern Circuit screenings are funded in part by a grant from South Arts in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. South Arts, founded in 1975, is a nonprofit regional arts organization building on the South's unique heritage and enhancing the public value of the arts. Their work responds to the arts environment and cultural trends with a regional perspective, through an annual portfolio of activities designed to address the role of the arts in impacting the issues important to our region, and linking the South with the nation and the world through the arts.

NCLAC thanks the Ruston-Lincoln Convention & Visitors Bureau, Louisiana Tech’s College of Liberal Arts, and Catherine & Winston McVea for their support of this film series. Thanks as well to the Norton Building and Devine Wines and Spirits for support of Some Beasts. For more information, visit nclac.org or call (318)255-1450.