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This screening has reached its registration capacity.

Don’t miss the Q&A…

After you register for this screening, be sure to register for the follow-up event, Members-Only Q&A: Uncle Frank, featuring a conversation with writer/director Alan Ball. (Thursday, November 19 – 3:00 pm PT)

Film Independent Members, you and a guest are invited to watch Uncle Frank in our Film Independent Presents Online Screening Room, powered by Vision Media.

In 1973, teenaged Beth Bledsoe (Sophia Lillis) leaves her rural Southern hometown to study at New York University where her beloved Uncle Frank (Paul Bettany) is a revered literature professor. She soon discovers that Frank is gay, and living with his longtime partner Walid “Wally” Nadeem (Peter Macdissi) – an arrangement that he has kept secret for years. After the sudden death of Frank’s father – Beth’s grandfather – Frank is forced to reluctantly return home for the funeral with Beth in tow, and to finally face a long-buried trauma that he has spent his entire adult life running away from.

Writer-director Alan Ball’s heartfelt and hilarious road movie travels from the bohemian scene of post-Stonewall New York City to rural South Carolina, following Frank’s painful journey from hitting rock bottom to acceptance and forgiveness and, finally, reintegration into his family and into life itself.

 
2020, 95 minutes, color | Written by Alan Ball | Directed by Alan Ball | Starring Paul Bettany, Sophia Lillis, Peter Macdissi, Judy Greer, Steve Zahn, Lois Smith, with Margo Martindale and Stephen Root | Produced by Peter Macdissi, Michael Costigan, Jay Van Hoy, Stephanie Meurer, Bill Block | Executive Produced by Bob Osher, Andrew Golov, Christopher Tricarico, Josh Peters, Isaac Ericson

Registration Information

All Film Independent Members can register for this online screening starting at 3:00 pm on Thursday, November 5. | Registration is free; one registration per Membership. | Proof of Member status is required to complete registration.

Arts Circle and Film Lover Members are guaranteed access to this event; email membership@filmindependent.org for more information.

How to Watch

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