LA’s Dances With Films Celebrates 26 Years of storytelling June 22-July 2 at the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood. The festival will open with the World Premiere of Good Side of Bad, a powerful drama based on the award-winning novel of the same name by Beverly Olevin.
Directed by Alethea Root and starring Jules Bruff (Zodiac),Lexi Simonsen (S.W.A.T.), Alex Quijano (High School Musical: The Series) andAcademy Award NomineeTess Harper(Crimes of the Heart, No Country For Old Men), the film depicts a raw and intimate look into what it means to be a family navigating the waters of mental illness.
Closing out the festival is Home Free by first time director Aaron Brown, a social impact Trojan horse disguised as a coming-of-age college comedy with a focus on homelessness.
Festival Founders Leslee Scallon, Michael Trent state “Looking toward our next quarter century, with a 26th Annual slate highlighting more than 100 world premieres, we are proud to present a lineup of diverse voices that not only deliver new levels of entertainment and unique stories but focus on local and global social issues that impact everyone on our planet.
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