This event is now closed. Purchase reservations at the door.
That Evening Sun, an award-winning and critically acclaimed independent feature produced by and starring Little Rock's own Ray McKinnon, will be presented by the Arkansas Film Series at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 8th at United Artists Breckenridge Stadium 12 (1200
Breckenridge Drive).
The screening will be followed by an audience dialogue with the filmmakers, including McKinnon, and a reception hosted and catered by The Oyster Bar (3003
W. Markham). Golden Eagle of Arkansas, Inc. will provide the beer. Wine, soft drinks and appetizers will also be served.
The film was awarded the inaugural Golden Rock as the Best Narrative Feature Film at last year's Little Rock Film Festival.
Reservations are $20 and may now be purchased at the door. Deadline for online purchase was the close of business Thursday, April 8th. No tickets will be distributed, but the reservation name(s) will be at the door at both the screening and after event.
Produced by the Little Rock Regional Chamber's Little Rock Film Commission, Arkansas Film Commission and Little Rock Film Festival and powered by Create Little Rock, the Arkansas Film Series celebrates accomplished Arkansans in film. All proceeds benefit
efforts to retain, expand and attract film and content development in the region and state. For more information, contact Gary Newton, 501.377.6007.
About That Evening Sun
That Evening Sun premiered in March 2009 at South By Southwest, where it received the Audience Award for Narrative Feature and a special Jury Prize for Ensemble Cast. It has since continued to receive tremendous critical acclaim. For McKinnon's performance as "Lonzo Choat," opposite Hal Holbrook's "Abner Meecham," he was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Spirit Award - considered the Oscars of independent film.
Meecham, an aging Tennessee farmer discarded to a nursing facility by his lawyer son, flees the old folks' home and catches a ride back to his country farm to live out his days in peace. Upon his return, he discovers that his son has leased the farm to Abner's old enemy and his white trash family. Not one to suffer fools or go down easy, Abner moves into the old tenant shack on the property and declares that he won't leave until the farm is returned to his possession. But Lonzo Choat, the new tenant, has no intention
to move out or give in to the old man's demands. This sets up a ruthless grudge match between Abner and Choat, each man right in his own eyes, each too stubborn to give an inch. Angered by his son's betrayal, and haunted by recurring dreams of his long-dead wife, Abner sets about his own path toward reclaiming his life. Lines are drawn, threats are made, and the simmering tension under the Southern sun erupts, inevitably, into savagery.
The film is rated PG-13.
About Ray McKinnon
With his Arkansas native wife and producing partner, Lisa Blount ("An Officer and a Gentleman," "Great Balls of Fire"), a Golden Globe-nominated actress, Ray McKinnon moved to Little Rock in 2005. Along with their Ginny Mule Pictures producing partner, Walton Goggins ("The Shield"), McKinnon and Blount won the Academy Award for "Best Live Action Short" for "The Accountant"
in 2002. Their first feature was the critically acclaimed "Chrystal," shot in Eureka Springs, starring Blount and Billy Bob Thornton, and written and directed by McKinnon. They followed with the feature comedy, "Randy and the Mob," which McKinnon wrote, produced, directed and starred as twins Randy and Cecil Pearson. Most recently, he plays "Coach Cotton" opposite Academy Award Winner Sandra Bullock in
the box office hit "The Blind Side."