Private Project

IN A SMALL TOWN

Through newly filmed footage, archival film and photographs, In a Small Town is about life in a late 1950’s Illinois community as told by an immigrant looking back on how, as a child, he got there through unexpected circumstances, and the profound effect it had on him. It is also an appreciation of a certain time and place in America dear to his heart. But the film transcends his personal journey because we all have a special place in our youth that shaped us and helped make us who we are.

  • JOHN FERRY
    Director
    Taking Alcatraz, Sitting Bull: A Stone in My Heart, Contrary Warrior, Makin' It.
  • GRACE DE SOTO FERRY
    Writer
  • JOHN FERRY, GRACE DE SOTO FERRY
    Producer
  • JOHN FERRY - VOICE OVER
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    42 minutes 26 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 6, 2017
  • Production Budget:
    202,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital HD
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Big Water Film Festival
    Ashland
    United States
    November 10, 2017
  • Tenderheart Film Festival
    Eloia, TX
    United States
    October 21, 2017
    Premier
Distribution Information
  • LilliMar Pictures
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - JOHN FERRY

JOHN FERRY, writer, producer, editor and director has been involved in the production of non-fiction films for over three decades, working closely with Academy Award winner Robert Snyder on such films as Reflections: R. Buckminster Fuller for the Unites States Information Agency, Claudio Arrau: A Life in Music, Ruth Asawa: Of Forms and Growth, Willem de Kooning: Artist, The Vatican Collection, Michelangelo: Self-Portrait, Pablo Casals: A Cry for Peace, and Henry Miller: To Paint is to Love Again.

More recently he produced and directed such films as Sitting Bull: A Stone in My Heart, Contrary Warrior, Makin' It, and Taking and Alcatraz. In a Small Town is his latest. He has a Masters Degree in Cinema and a BA in Theater Arts.

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Director Statement

This is a memory film and an appreciation of a certain time and place in America dear to the narrator's heart. But the film transcends his personal journey because we all have a special place in our youth that shaped us and helped make us who we are.