High Chicago
| High Chicago | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Alfons Adetuyi |
| Produced by | Alfons Adetuyi |
| Written by | Robert Adetuyi |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Frank Fitzpatrick |
| Cinematography | Rhett Morita |
| Edited by | Lisa di Michele |
High Chicago (also released as A Family Man) is a dramatic feature film released in 2012.[1] Director Alfons Adetuyi and his brother and writer Robert Adetuyi used locations in their home town of Sudbury, Ontario when making the film.[2]
The film had its US premier at the 2012 Pan African Film Festival in February 2012.[3][4] It had its Toronto premier at the 2012 ReelWorld Film Festival in April 2012.[5] In an interview in Shadow and Act magazine Adetuyi revealed that his film about a father with a dream was based on one of his own father's dreams. His father had dreamed of opening a North American style drive-in movie theatre in Africa.
The film was Adetuyi's first feature film, although he and his brothers had run a film production company, Inner City Films, for over a decade.[4][6] Angelo Muredda praised the film for an absence of the mistakes beginning directors usually make on their debut feature films.
Adetuyi told the Sudbury Star shortly after the release of High Chicago that he planned to return to Sudbury to shoot a second film, as he saw High Chicago as the first in an "African trilogy".[7]
Plot
Colin Salmon stars as Sam, a hard-drinking father of three, ex-Navy man, ex-miner, and soon to be ex-husband. Sam takes to gambling to bankroll his crazy plan to open a drive-in theatre in Africa. Equally desperate to support his family and keep his dream alive, we watch as Sam’s life spirals out of control in a showdown with a deadly Detroit card shark.
Festivals
- Montreal International Black Film Festival, 2012
- Chicago Black Harvest Film Festival, 2012
- Boston Roxbury International Film Festival, 2012
- Canadian Cinema Editors Awards, 2012 - Nomination - "Best Editing - Feature Length Dramatic"
- ReelWorld Film Festival, 2012 - Awards - "Outstanding Canadian Feature" and "Audience Choice Award"
- African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA), 2012 - Nomination - "Best Diaspora Feature"
- Los Angeles Pan African Film Festival, 2012 - Nomination - "Best Director First Feature"
- Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival, 2011
References
- ↑ Makia Calabrese (2010-10-12). "Small film production in the area keeps local talent busy". North Bay Nugget. Retrieved 2015-02-14.
- ↑ http://www.thesudburystar.com/2010/07/03/adetuyi-brothers-come-home
- ↑ Vanessa Martinez (2012-02-06). "Exclusive: Director/Producer Alfons Adetuyi Talks "High Chicago" (PAFF Premiere) Plus Future Projects". Shadow and Act. Retrieved 2015-02-22.
In eager anticipation for his new film High Chicago, premiering stateside at the Pan African Film Festival this month, I had the pleasure of interviewing director and producer Alfons Adetuyi, who shared his inspiration for his first full length feature directorial effort.
- 1 2 Angelo Muredda (2012-04-17). "High Chicago (2012)". Film Freak Central. Retrieved 2015-02-22.
- ↑ "Inner City Films’ High Chicago premieres in Toronto at the 2012 ReelWorld Film Festival". Pennant Media Group. 2012-03-20. Retrieved 2015-02-22.
Inner City Films will be having the Toronto premier of its latest film High Chicago at the ReelWorld Film Festival on April 14, 2012, taking place at Famous Players Canada Square Cinemas 4 Theatre at 2:30PM.
- ↑ "Boosting home-grown film". Northern Life. 2010-07-28. Retrieved 2015-02-22.
- ↑ Kevin Priddle (2012-04-15). "Filmmaker favours Sudbury for filming 0". Sudbury Star. Retrieved 2015-02-22.
If Alfons Adetuyi -- a Sudbury Secondary graduate turned internationally renowned filmmaker -- has his way, he'll be back in Sudbury as early as next year to start shooting the second film in what he calls his 'Africa Trilogy.'