Directed by:
Emilio EstevezScreenplay:
Emilio EstevezCinematography:
Juan Miguel AzpirozCast:
Emilio Estevez, Jena Malone, Christian Slater, Alec Baldwin, Michael Kenneth Williams, Gabrielle Union, Jeffrey Wright, Taylor Schilling, Richard T. Jones (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
In what begins as a nonviolent Occupy sit in and ragtag act of civil disobedience, quickly escalates into a stand-off with local riot police, a no-nonsense crisis negotiator, and a savvy DA with lofty political ambitions. Amidst dropping temperatures and flaring tempers on both sides of the lockdown, uncertainty looms around how the situation can be resolved without resorting to violence, while law enforcement officials and local media spin the facts to serve their own political agendas. This David versus Goliath story puts the spotlight on some of our nation's most challenging issues: homelessness, mental illness, and drug addiction, and sets the drama inside one of our last bastions of democracy-in-action: your public library. (Santa Barbara International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Emilio Estevez
USA
Best movies:
The Breakfast Club (1985)
Badlands (1973)
The Way (2010)
Jena Malone
USA
Best movies:
Into the Wild (2007)
Hatfields & McCoys (2012) (series)
Donnie Darko (2001)
Christian Slater
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Rose (1986)
True Romance (1993)
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
Alec Baldwin
USA
Best movies:
The Departed (2006)
My Sister's Keeper (2009)
Nuremberg (2000) (TV movie)
Michael Kenneth Williams
USA
Best movies:
The Night Of (2016) (series)
When They See Us (2019) (series)
Gone Baby Gone (2007)
Gabrielle Union
USA
Best movies:
Something the Lord Made (2004) (TV movie)
Neo Ned (2005)
Cadillac Records (2008)
Jeffrey Wright
USA
Best movies:
Casino Royale (2006)
Source Code (2011)
The Batman (2022)
Taylor Schilling
USA
Best movies:
Argo (2012)
The Public (2018)
Phil (2019)
Richard T. Jones
Japan
Best movies:
Phone Booth (2002)
What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)
Collateral (2004)
Jacob Vargas
Mexico
Spencer Garrett
USA
Best movies:
The X Files: Closure (1999) (video compilation)
The Comey Rule (2020) (series)
The Crow (1994)
Anita Farmer Bergman
Best movies:
My Days of Mercy (2017)
The Public (2018)
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019)
Brian Gallagher
USA
Best movies:
Dark Waters (2019)
The Public (2018)
The Upside (2017)
Patrick Hume
Best movies:
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
The Public (2018)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
Nick Pirrmann
Best movies:
The Public (2018)
Deadly Target (2015)
Al Harland
Best movies:
The Public (2018)
The Old Man & the Gun (2018)
Bryan Kruse
Best movies:
My Days of Mercy (2017)
The Public (2018)
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019)
Ray Bouderau
Best movies:
The Public (2018)
Who We Are Now (2017)
The Comeback Trail (2020)
Rhymefest
USA
Best movies:
The Public (2018)
Deshawn Harris
Best movies:
The Public (2018)