TFC is thrilled to share with you one of the best reviewed films of the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. Available for worldwide Sales.
Berlinale Panorama Official Selection — UNCLE HOWARD
A Pinball London Production
Directed by Aaron Brookner
Produced by: Paula Vaccaro
Executive Producer: Jim Jarmusch
UNCLE HOWARD is an intertwining tale of past and present, the story of filmmaker Howard Brookner whose work captured the late 70’s and early 80’s cultural revolution—and his nephew’s personal journey 25 years later to discover his uncle’s films and the legacy of a life cut short by the plague of AIDS.
Featuring new interviews, long-lost footage and archival photos of William Burroughs, Madonna, Robert Wilson, Frank Zappa, Brad Gooch, Darryl Pinckney, Tom DiCillo, Patti Smith, John Giorno, Allen Ginsberg, Brion Gysin, Paula Court, Terry Southern, Andy Warhol, Spike Lee, John Waters, Francis Bacon, Matt Dillon and more
Music by Mogwai, Neu!, Jozef Van Wissem, Dirty Three,
Boris, Toumani Diabate, The Pretenders
UNCLE HOWARD is a total gem that you will not want to miss at Berlinale. See below for screening schedule and more information.
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DirectorAaron Brookner ProducerPaula Vaccaro Executive ProducerJim Jarmusch Co-ProducersSara Driver, Alex Garcia EditorMasahiro Hirakubo CinematographersGregg de Domenico, André Döbert SoundDiana Sagrista, Alberto Muñoz, Sound on Set MusicShervin Hejazi, Mogwai, Neu!, Jozef Van Wissem, Dirty Three, Boris, Toumani Diabate, The Pretenders CastAaron Brookner, John Giorno, William S. Burroughs, Howard Brookner, Elaine Brookner, James Grauerholz, Jim Jarmusch, Tom DiCillo, Stewart Meyer, Brad Gooch, Hisami Kuroiwa, Sara Driver, Spike Lee, John Waters, Robert Wilson, Lindsay Law, Paula Court, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Grey, Madonna, Frédéric Mitterrand, Kim Massee, Richard Shone, Darryl Pinckney
ABOUT THE FILM: UNCLE HOWARD is an intertwining tale of past and present. New York filmmaker Howard Brookner died of AIDS in 1989, while making his breakthrough Hollywood movie. His body of work, which captured the late 70s and early 80s cultural revolution, was buried in William S. Burroughs’ bunker for 30 years. Now in a personal journey, his nephew Aaron unearths Howard's filmmaking legacy and the memory of everything he was.
Through a narrative which includes: Jim Jarmusch, Tom DiCillo, Sara Driver, Hisami Kuroiwa, Brad Gooch, James Grauerholz and Robert Wilson—comes an exploration into the cultural revolution of the late 70s and early 80s, a sordid and bankrupt New York City, the eruption of the AIDS plague, sex, drugs, politics, and the artistic determination of a filmmaker whose life was cut short. Uncle Howard reveals a portrait of the tumultuous and mysterious life, struggles, and untimely death of Howard Brookner along with an entire generation of cutting edge artists.
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