08-15-2007, 10:36 PM
BILLY THE KID - A DOCUMENTARY BY JENNIFER VENDITTI
“I’m not black, I’m not white, not foreign…just different in the mind – different brains, that’s all…” —Billy
Jennifer Venditti's debut film is the provocative coming-of-age story BILLY THE KID (Winner Best Documentary Feature, SXSW; Winner Best Documentary Feature, LA Film Festival), an odyssey into the soul of an American teenager. Following Billy as he bicycles through the quiet streets of small town Maine, we watch him traverse the frustrating gap between imagination and reality, grappling with isolation and first-time young love. By turns exhilarating and disturbing we see the world from the intimate view of an expressive and seemingly fearless outsider.
Here’s what people are saying….
"Billy the Kid is as deep a character study as one is likely to find in documentary... Billy, 15, is a strange and singular person, alone in his articulate, curious, passionate opinions. Without narration or any third-party commentary, Venditti plays the audience’s temptation to judge and diagnose with a maestro’s touch. He might be autistic, he might have Asperger’s, but who cares? Venditti believes in willing away labels and seeing beauty without demanding to understand it, and the film proves her right."
—Filmmaker Magazine
"…the film is gaining traction for its insight into a little understood disability known as Asperger’s Syndrome, part of the autism spectrum. Still, this is no 'freak show' film—Billy wasn’t diagnosed until after filming was complete—but a privileged view through the eyes of a genuine iconoclast."
—www.screendaily.com
“Many memorable dramatic films about adolescence have been made over the decades, but few of them can match the impact of “Billy the Kid.”
–Hollywood Reporter
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
http://www.billythekiddocumentary.com
http://www.billythekiddocumentary.blogspot.com
“I’m not black, I’m not white, not foreign…just different in the mind – different brains, that’s all…” —Billy
Jennifer Venditti's debut film is the provocative coming-of-age story BILLY THE KID (Winner Best Documentary Feature, SXSW; Winner Best Documentary Feature, LA Film Festival), an odyssey into the soul of an American teenager. Following Billy as he bicycles through the quiet streets of small town Maine, we watch him traverse the frustrating gap between imagination and reality, grappling with isolation and first-time young love. By turns exhilarating and disturbing we see the world from the intimate view of an expressive and seemingly fearless outsider.
Here’s what people are saying….
"Billy the Kid is as deep a character study as one is likely to find in documentary... Billy, 15, is a strange and singular person, alone in his articulate, curious, passionate opinions. Without narration or any third-party commentary, Venditti plays the audience’s temptation to judge and diagnose with a maestro’s touch. He might be autistic, he might have Asperger’s, but who cares? Venditti believes in willing away labels and seeing beauty without demanding to understand it, and the film proves her right."
—Filmmaker Magazine
"…the film is gaining traction for its insight into a little understood disability known as Asperger’s Syndrome, part of the autism spectrum. Still, this is no 'freak show' film—Billy wasn’t diagnosed until after filming was complete—but a privileged view through the eyes of a genuine iconoclast."
—www.screendaily.com
“Many memorable dramatic films about adolescence have been made over the decades, but few of them can match the impact of “Billy the Kid.”
–Hollywood Reporter
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
http://www.billythekiddocumentary.com
http://www.billythekiddocumentary.blogspot.com
