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Aug
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Full Frame Roadshow - Midnight Family
3:00 PM - 7:59 PM EDT
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Added by ConcourseConnect SystemThe Full Frame Roadshow returns to The Cary!
Midnight Family (81 minutes)
Directed by Luke Lorentzen
In Mexico City the Ochoas run a family-owned ambulance service, one of many private paramedic outfits addressing the massive civic void left when there are just 45 municipal ambulances serving a population that tops 9 million. Living in circumstances only slightly less dire than those of the victims they treat and transport, the Ochoa family nightly faces the spectrums of urgency and boredom, honor and corruption, life and death—all with admirable resolve. Teenage Juan captivates as he helms the family’s ambulance, with his father, uncle, and younger brother rounding out the band of nocturnal rescuers who careen through Mexico City’s neon-noir streets evading dense traffic, competing paramedics, and dubious police. In director Luke Lorentzen’s bold and balletic vérité treatment, action, drama, humor, and pathos fill the screen while an ominous microcosm of health care and humanity plays out in stark relief. A suspenseful and vivid tale of subsistence, Midnight Family refers not only to the Ochoas but to the enduring community of, and connections among, those living and dying in the dark.
Ticket reservations for the general public begin August 5 at 9 a.m. Reserve your free tickets through Eventbrite.
Cary Film Circle members can use the promotional code emailed to them to RSVP for the screening beginning Saturday, August 3 at 9:00 am. Limit of 4 RSVPs per order. Click on the Eventbrite link above and then click on ‘Enter promotional code’ in the Ticket Information box. Enter your promotional code and hit Apply. This will take you to a hidden page where you can RSVP for the August 6 screening at the Cary Theater.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
More about the film and director here.