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2019 Sarasota Film Festival

The Hottest August

โ€ข USA

Screenings

  • "Hottest August, The"

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    Thursday, April 11 at 2:15 PM EDT

    Ends 3:50 PM EDT

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    Auditorium 6

  • "Hottest August, The"

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    Saturday, April 13 at 3:15 PM EDT

    Ends 4:50 PM EDT

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    Auditorium 8

About this film

Highly acclaimed director of THE PRISON IN TWELVE LANDSCAPES, Brett Story, returns with this portrait of collective anxiety. Told as a series of vignette interviews during a single month in NYC where hurricanes, wildfires, and heatwaves are ravaging the country, this True/False selection selection provides a perfect snapshot of the current moment, where so much about the future of the planet seems unclear.

Credits

Director
Brett Story
Producer
Brett Story, Danielle Varga
Documentary Competition (Features)
The Hottest August
The Hottest August โ€” production still