Rap World // Screening with Live Q&A
Saturday, October 5, 2024
6 pm Doors // 7 pm Screening
18+
$20 (+taxes/fee) Advance General Admission // $25 (+taxes/fees) At The Door
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January 2009 in Tobyhanna, PA. Three young men (Jack Bensinger, Eric Rahill and Conner O’Malley) self-document their attempt to write and record a rap album in one night. Shot on digital video from the era, this hazy portrayal of after-hours suburban life captures the inescapable boredom as a catalyst for bad decisions.
The Minnesota premiere screening will be followed by a live Q&A featuring cast and crew members Danny Scharar, Eric Rahill, and Jack Bensinger.
Directed by Conner O'Malley and Danny Scharar, 57 minutes
The feature directorial debut of comedian Conner O’Malley and director/editor Danny Scharar is a riotously entertaining mockumentary — a 2009-set period satire comparable only to the duo’s previous YouTube oeuvre, but is also perhaps their most rigorous work yet.
A divorced cinema worker and rapper (O’Malley) dedicates himself to recording an album, passing the camera back and forth with fellow aspiring artists (played by Jack Bensinger and Eric Rahill) over the course of a long picaresque night. Written by leads O’Malley, Bensinger, and Rahill and shot on a DV handycam from the era, this fuzzy portrayal of after-hours Midwestern suburban life captures both sides: the inescapable boredom as a catalyst for bad decisions, and an appreciation for simple pleasures.