After being accepted into a prestigious New England art school, sexy small-town Joe and townie mastermind Jennifer quickly join forces. They are determined to succeed on a campus over-populated with jaded mega-rich kids awash in trust funds, abortions, and drugs galore.
Acting
Tim Swain's raw vulnerability carries every frame.
Cinematography
Lo-fi 16mm captures grimy Providence authenticity.
Direction
Verow's unflinching gaze never judges his characters.
Director
Todd Verow
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot for roughly $5,000 in actual Providence locations where director Todd Verow attended art school. The 'prestigious' campus is mostly his alma mater disguised.
Part of the 'New Queer Cinema' boom that Sundance ignored; Verow deliberately rejected festival polish for something closer to Warhol's Factory films. Joe's trajectory mirrors countless real art school dropouts who discovered sex work paid better than painting.
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