[ PAST EVENT ] ARTHOUSE CINEMA // Holy Frit w/ Live Q&A
Run Time: 140 min.
Doors at 5:30 p.m., Film at 6 p.m. Tickets $15.
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Featuring Portland’s own Bullseye Glass, this edge of your seat art documentary that looks at the sisyphean process of making something that’s never existed before. Join us for a conversation after the screening with Holy Frit writer and director, Justin Monroe, Holy Frit subject, Tim Carey, and Ted Sawyer, Director of Research and Education at Bullseye Glass. The talk will be moderated by Sean Williams. The conversation will begin directly after the film.
Holy Frit
2021. Written & Directed by Justin S. Monroe. Runtime: 120 minutes.
In this visceral, three-year race against time, Tim, a talented yet unknown LA artist bluffs his way into winning the commission to create the world’s largest stained-glass window of its kind. The problem is, Tim doesn’t know how to make it. After a desperate search, he finds someone who might have the answer… a world-famous glass maestro named Narcissus Quagliata. As the fates of three communities hang in the balance, Narcissus arrives like a storm, and changes everything.
Justin Monroe, PRODUCER / WRITER / DIRECTOR
Justin’s previous feature film credits include the award-winning comedy, The Rock ‘N’ Roll Dreams Of Duncan Christopher (Director/Producer), and the thriller, The Unraveling (Co-writer/Producer). His latest venture is his first feature documentary, HOLY FRIT. This film had its World Premiere at the 2021 Slamdance Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature. It went on to win Audience Awards for Best Documentary Feature at the 2021 Dances With Films Festival, Florida Film Festival, Port Townsend Film Festival, Annapolis Film Festival, and the 2022 San Luis Obispo Film Festival. It also won the Jury Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 2021 Edmonton International Film Festival, the Naples International Film Festival, the San Diego International Film Festival, and the 2021 deadCenter Film Festival.
Justin strives to achieve a unique aesthetic and a connection to beauty, fun and authenticity in every project he’s been a part of. After studying film in Oklahoma and Los Angeles, Justin and his wife, Kasey, decided to trade tornadoes for earthquakes and headed into a full-time life in the golden west. They and their two children put down their roots in South Pasadena, CA.