Jo's Town Featured on Fox 16

On Thursday, May 17th, Fox 16's Sandra Kirk featured Jo's Town in a story about the Little Rock Film Festival. See it on the web at fox16.com.

Reviews

“Thoroughly endorse.”

Philip Martin, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

“Affecting!”

Betsy Pickle, Knoxville News Sentinel

“Extremely moving memorial to the value of life and what’s truly important.”

DancesWithFilms

“Well worth making an effort to see.”

Philip Martin, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

“Renders a powerful and ultimately life-affirming portrayal of friendship and the enduring ways in which we can touch those among us.”

Michael Harwood, Chairman, Memphis International Film Festival

“Unique…Wonderful…A documentary that has heart and emotion…I felt like I went to school with these people.”

KAN Film Festival

Official Selection

Little Rock Film Festival

Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival

New York International Independent Film & Video Festival

International Family Film Festival

Memphis International Film Festival

KAN Film Festival

Valleyfest Film Festival

Fayetteville Film Festival

Special Presentation, Butler Center for Arkansas Studies

Gillioz Film Festival

Awards

Best American Feature Film

New York International Independent Film & Video Festival

Best Documentary

KAN Film Festival

Finalist

International Family Film Festival

In Order of Appearance Also to Screen

Before we left Los Angeles, Alanna and I also co-starred in a short, In Order of Appearance, which screens at Riverdale 10 #9 at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 19 and 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 20.

It was direcrted by Michael Ruscio, editor of Jo's Town (Six Feet Under, The Sopranos, among others), and written by Michael and Heidi Mastrogiovanni. Both Heidi and Michael will be available for Q&A following the screenings.

Philip Martin "Thoroughly Endorses" Jo's Town

In his Friday, May 11th Arkansas-Democrat Gazette column, 'On Film: Sundance Disregards Reel Gems,' Philip Martin writes:

"Other Little Rock Film Festival seletions that I can thoroughly endorse:

"...Gary Newton and Teresa Roth’s 'Jo’s Town,' a documentary about how Thornton Wilder’s 'Our Town' has become an inspiring memorial for a Missouri teenager killed in an auto accident nearly 30 years ago (5:45 p.m. May 19 at the Chamber of Commerce and 1:45 p.m. May 20 at Riverdale)."