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