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North Starr
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Wikipedia article
'North Starr' is a 2008 film directed by Matthew Stanton.
It was scheduled to compete in the Dramatic Competition at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.
Plot
A young African American man living in Houston witnesses his best friend's brutal murder, then flees to the small, racially intolerant, backwater town of Trublin.
Cast
* Jerome Hawkins as Demetrious
* Matthew Stanton as Darring Clements
* Chris Sullivan as Sprit
* Isaac Lamb as T.J.
* Zack Johnson as Justin
* Wayne Campbell as Wayne
Reception
Justin Chang of 'Variety' described the movie as "a messy Texas stew of racial tension, personal liberation and murder-in-retrospect detective story." He praised the likable characters but criticized the "self-indulgent" first-time director's work. James Greenberg of 'The Hollywood Reporter' called it "long on passion and somewhat lacking in execution," stressing the lack of experience on the part of the producer-director-writer-actor Matthew Stanton.
References
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