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Hamilton (2006), will screen in New York at the 92Y TRIBECA on June 16th, 2010.

Director Matthew Porterfield will be in person for a post-screening Q&A with filmmaker and Hammer-to-Nail contributor, Mike Tully. The evening is co-presented by IFP, Shooting People and FilmNewsBriefs.

And on Sunday, June 6th, at 5:30PM, Hamilton will screen at Sound Unseen International in Duluth where Matt Porterfield’s newest film, Putty Hill, will also play (June 5th, at 8:00PM).

Finally, Hamilton will have its Seattle premiere at the Northwest Film Forum on June 12th and 13th at 5:00PM. While you’re there, check out Putty Hill at STIFF on June 10th, at 9:30PM!

Photo by Joyce Kim on the set of PUTTY HILL (2010).

This Saturday:

On April 4th, at 8PM, UnionDocs will be screening a 16mm print of Matthew Porterfield’s debut feature Hamilton.  Richard Brody, editor and writer at the New Yorker and author of Everything Is Cinema: The Working Life of Jean-Luc Godard, will be present to moderate a post-screening discussion.  Following, Porterfield will provide a preview of his forthcoming feature Metal Gods.  Producer Jordan Mintzer and cinematographer Jeremy Saulnier will also be present.

Hamilton chronicles two summer days in the life of a young family. Lena, 17, and Joe, 20, are two recent and accidental parents residing in a diverse, suburban neighborhood in northeast Baltimore City.  When the picture begins, Lena is looking for Joe. Lena, who lives with Joe’s family, wants to see him before she leaves town for the month of August. He’s rented an apartment from a neighbor and works two jobs, providing her with money, but very little of his time. Through Lena’s search we are introduced to her daughter, her family and friends, her neighborhood, and Joe, her baby’s father.