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245 0 4 _aThe overnighters
_h[videorecording] :
_bwe are the American dream/
_cDrafthouse films presents ; a Mile End Films production, in association with Al Di La Films and Impact Partners ; produced, directed & photographed by Jesse Moss ; produced by Amanda McBaine
246 1 _aTitle on disc surface:
_aOvernighters :
_bexhibition/backup DVD
264 1 _aSan Francisco, Calif. :
_bMile End Films West Inc.,
_c©2014
300 _a1 videodisc (102 min.) :
_bsound, color ;
_c4 ¾ in.
336 _atwo-dimensional moving image
_2rdacontent
337 _avideo
_2rdamedia
338 _avideodisc
_2rdacarrier
346 _bPAL
_2rda
500 _a"This film was supported by grants from The Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program, The Catapult Film Fund. This film also ... support of Impact Partners and its following members ..."--End credits
500 _a"This fim was released theatrically by Drafthouse Films in Fall 2014"
508 _aProducer, director, photographer & screenwriter, Jesse Moss ; producer, Amanda McBaine ; editor, Jeff Gilbert ; original music & DCP score played by T. Griffin ; sound department, Scott Levine ; Digital editorial Services, Charlotte Moore, Skywalker Sound ; production company, Mile End Films West ; distributor, Drafthouse Films ; post-production sound service, Skywalker Sound
520 2 _a"In the tiny town of Williston, North Dakota, tens of thousands of unemployed hopefuls show up with dreams of honest work and a big paycheck under the lure of the oil boom. However, busloads of newcomers chasing a broken American Dream step into the stark reality of slim work prospects and nowhere to sleep. The town lacks the infrastructure to house the overflow of migrants, even for those who do find gainful employment. Over at Concordia Lutheran Church, Pastor Jay Reinke is driven to deliver the migrants some dignity. Night after night, he converts his church into a makeshift dorm and counseling center, opening the church's doors to allow the 'Overnighters' (as he calls them) to stay for a night, a week or longer. They sleep on the floor, in the pews and in their cars in the church parking lot. Many who take shelter with Reinke are living on society's fringes and with checkered pasts, and their presence starts affecting the dynamics of the small community. The congregants begin slinging criticism and the City Council threatens to shut the controversial Overnighters program down, forcing the pastor to make a decision which leads to profound consequences that he never imagined. A modern-day Grapes of Wrath, award-winning documentary The Overnighters engages and dramatizes a set of universal societal and economic themes: the promise and limits of re-invention, redemption and compassion, as well as the tension between the moral imperative to 'love thy neighbor' and the resistance that one small community feels when confronted by a surging river of desperate, job-seeking strangers"
538 _aDVD
650 0 _aJob hunting
_zNorth Dakota
_zWilliston
650 0 _aUnemployment
_zNorth Dakota
_zWilliston
650 0 _aPriests
_zNorth Dakota
_zWilliston
650 0 _aImmigrants
_zNorth Dakota
_zWilliston
650 0 _aDocumentary films
_zUnited States
700 1 _aMoss, Jesse,
_efilm producer,
_efilm director,
_edirector of photography,
_escreenwriter
700 1 _aMcBaine, Amanda,
_efilm producer
700 1 _aReinke, Jay,
_eactor
700 1 _aEdwards, Keegan,
_eactor
700 1 _aGilbert, Jeff,
_eeditor of moving image work
700 1 _aGriffin, T.,
_ecomposer,
_esinger
710 2 _aDrafthouse Films,
_epresenter,
_efilm distributor,
_ecurrent owner
710 2 _aMile End Films West (Firm),
_eproduction company
710 2 _aAl Di La Films (Firm),
_eproduction company
710 2 _aImpact Partners (Firm),
_eproduction company,
_esponsoring body
710 2 _aSundance Institute,
_esponsoring body
710 2 _aCatapult Film Fund (Firm),
_esponsoring
902 _a170103
907 _a.b13739268
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