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Night Fliers

• $10.00
  • online closed. tickets available at box office
• Director: Sara St. Martin Lynne
• 2009, USA, 79min

Reel Pride audiences were won over by the incredible performance and charm of young actress Sasha Harrison in the short film ‘Rock and a Hard Place,’ so we’re proud to present the feature length version of that amazing work: “Night Fliers” continues to follow 12 year old Jesse Hawthorne as she’s forced to move to a rural community with her emotionally distant father and bratty younger sister.  Living in this new town is incredibly hard to adjust to, especially with tomboy Jesse taking such great pleasure in collecting crickets and other assorted insects.

Jesse has also attracted the unwanted attention of Brenda Richards, a girl whose personal mission seems to be to complete Jesse's misery by bullying and harassing her.  When Jesse reluctantly accepts an invitation to join the lunch table of her sympathetic neighbor Jacob and his two friends Howie and Lucille, she begins her transformative path of self-discovery.  Along the way Jesse and Jacob take over an abandoned van, discover punk rock music, and the exhilaration of sneaking out at night.

Thanks to her sympathetic teacher, Jesse develops her own sense of bravery, even allowing her to tolerate the blushing of a first romantic crush.  Brilliant and touching with deft direction and subtle, believable acting (especially by the amazing Harrison - easily comparable to the young Haley Joel Osment in talent and likability), ‘Night Fliers’ is an excellent choice for all ages.

Scheduled to Appear:  Director St. Martin Lynne, Sasha Harrison

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