BRATTLEBORO — Latchis Arts' monthly Spotlight Series puts a focus in July on rising stars in filmmaking with a theme of Young Voices.
Spotlight is a curated series, featuring films on a different theme each month which illuminate different voices in filmmaking.
Films are shown on Thursdays at 7 p.m., at the Latchis Theatre, with no admission fee other than a suggested donation of $10.
This month features four “original and engaging films that spotlight bold and brave directors at the beginning of their careers,” organizers write.
Films in the series follow, as well as descriptions provided by the Latchis.
• Deidra & Laney Rob a Train (Thursday, July 8, rated TV-14): Sydney Freeland's socially conscious, heartfelt and humorous feature film about two sisters who turn to train robbery to make ends meet after their mother is arrested. Freeland's voice is also worth spotlighting as a transgender Navajo filmmaker.
• Minding the Gap (Thursday, July 15): Bing Liu's personal and powerful documentary of three young men who bond to escape volatile families in their Rust Belt hometown touches on important topics of youth, American masculinity, and race relations.
• Promising Young Woman (2020, Thursday, July 22, rated R) is a grim comedy-thriller, written, produced, and directed by Emerald Fennell, who won Best Original Screenplay at this year's Academy Awards, with additional nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actress.
Promising Young Woman stars Carey Mulligan as Cassie, a smart and cunning young woman who is leading a secret double life. A surprising encounter gives Cassie a chance to right the wrongs of the past. What will she do?
• American Graffiti (1973, Thursday, July 29, rated PG): A salute to summer and youth, the classic film - 29-year-old George Lucas's directorial breakthrough - stars Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, and a host of other young stars who went on to greater things.