In today’s film news roundup, a pair of long-running film festivals in San Francisco and Cleveland are moving ahead and Warner Bros.’ Fred Hampton biopic gets additional backing and Dule Hill gets cast.Film FestivalsThe San Francisco International Film Festival has set the documentary “Boys State” as its opening night film for April 8 at the Castro Theatre.“Boys State,” directed by Jesse Moss and Amanda McBain, follows a group of Texas teens selected to participate in the program.
The film won the U.S.
documentary competition at the Sundance Film Festival in January.
Moss and McBaine will be in attendance at the San Francisco event.The festival, which is the longest running film festival in North America, had announced this week that it plans to go ahead with its 63rd edition in the face of the coronavirus epidemic.“Sffilm staff continue to monitor on a daily basis the
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