PRODIGAL SONS / One Hit Wonders!

Part of our ONE HIT WONDERS series showcasing great new releases at special one-time-only screenings!
Wednesday, April 14th at 7:30 p.m.

"CRITICS' PICK! One of the strangest, most heartbreaking docs you'll see this year." - NEW YORK MAGAZINE

"UNIQUE ... BRACING. Tennessee Williams looks like Sesame Street compared to this." -Todd McCarthy, VARIETY

"Anybody who has ever doubted that truth is stranger than fiction should see PRODIGAL SONS." - V.A. Musetto, NEW YORK POST

"FASCINATING ... See it!" - A.O. Scott, AT THE MOVIES

Early on in this very personal documentary, the audience learns that the director, Kimberly Reed, was once known as Paul, a star quarterback in high school before her sex-change operation. Reed’s gender reassignment, however, turns out to be a mere side note—and hardly the most surprising one—in this stunning, head-spinning exploration of her family’s past.
While visiting her hometown of Helena, Montana, to attend a high-school reunion, she reconnects with her adopted brother, Marc, whom she hasn’t seen in more than a decade. Growing up, Marc lived in the shadow of his overachieving then-brother Paul (now Kimberly). Since suffering a traumatic brain injury at age 21, Marc is prone to mercurial mood swings and violent behavior. But Marc takes center stage after it is revealed that he is the biological grandson of Hollywood legends Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth.
The jaw-dropping revelations continue as Kimberly and Marc travel to Croatia to visit Welles’ longtime partner Oja Kodar to learn more about Marc’s mysterious origins. The raw emotions and sibling resentments uncovered in PRODIGAL SONS make it one of the strangest, most compelling first-person documentaries in recent years.

VISIT THE MOVIE WEBSITE:
http://firstrunfeatures.com/prodigalsons.html

Read an interview with director Kimberly Reed:
http://newyork.timeout.com/articles/gay/83060/interview-with-kimberly-re...