Septien is an independent film written and directed by Michael Tully, starring Rachel Korine, Brian Kotzur and Robert Longstreet. Eighteen years after disappearing without a trace, Cornelius Rawlings (The Athlete) returns to his family’s farm. While his parents are long deceased, Cornelius’s brothers Ezra (The Matriarch) and Amos (The Artist) continue to live in isolation on this old, forgotten land. Wilbur, their farmhand, sleeps in a tractor tire out back. One day, the toilet breaks. A plumber is called. That man, Red ‘Rooster’ Rippington, shares his bed with a pretty young girl named Savannah. He also happens to be a figure from Cornelius and Amos’s past. It will take the efforts of a mysterious drifter to smother the Rawlings Brothers’ demons once and for all.
SXSW SCREENINGS in Austin, Texas next week include:
Monday, March 14th at 4:15pm – Alamo Lamar A
Friday, March 18th at 10:00pm – Rollins Theatre
Saturday, March 19th at 4:00pm – Alamo Ritz 2
About Michael Tully: after his directorial debut, COCAINE ANGEL, world premiered at the 2006 International Film Festival Rotterdam, Michael Tully was named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film. His follow-up, the documentary SILVER JEW, world premiered at the 2007 South By Southwest Film Festival, and is now available on DVD through legendary independent music label Drag City. Currently, he is the head writer/editor of HammerToNail.com, a website devoted to championing ambitious cinema. He played all of his own sports in SEPTIEN and lives on Tennis Court in Brooklyn, NY.
About Robert Longstreet: an actor, editor and producer, Robert Longstreet began his career by making Super 8 films at the age of nine. Eleven years later, he moved to NYC to study with Uta Hagan. After acting in Off- and Off-Off Broadway plays in the late ‘80s and on TV in the early ’90s, he branched out into feature films. His performance in Onur Tukel’s DING-A-LING-LESS (still Robert’s favorite) led to working with David Gordon Green on three films—UNDERTOW, PINEAPPLE EXPRESS, and the Green produced, Craig Zobel directed GREAT WORLD OF SOUND. GWS and Zack Godshall’s LOW AND BEHOLD both world-premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. This year, Robert is featured in four 2011 Sundance Film Festival world premieres: Jeff Nichols’ TAKE SHELTER, Calvin Reeder’s THE OREGONIAN, Michael Tully’s SEPTIEN and Todd Rohal’s THE CATECHISM CATACLYSM. He is a cat lover and a pyromaniac.
Renee Blodgett is the founder of We Blog the World. The site combines the magic of an online culture and travel magazine with a global blog network and has contributors from every continent in the world. Having lived in 10 countries and explored nearly 80, she is an avid traveler, and a lover, observer and participant in cultural diversity.
She is also the CEO and founder of Magic Sauce Media, a new media services consultancy focused on viral marketing, social media, branding, events and PR. For over 20 years, she has helped companies from 12 countries get traction in the market. Known for her global and organic approach to product and corporate launches, Renee practices what she pitches and as an active user of social media, she helps clients navigate digital waters from around the world. Renee has been blogging for over 16 years and regularly writes on her personal blog Down the Avenue, Huffington Post, BlogHer, We Blog the World and other sites. She was ranked #12 Social Media Influencer by Forbes Magazine and is listed as a new media influencer and game changer on various sites and books on the new media revolution. In 2013, she was listed as the 6th most influential woman in social media by Forbes Magazine on a Top 20 List.
Her passion for art, storytelling and photography led to the launch of Magic Sauce Photography, which is a visual extension of her writing, the result of which has led to producing six photo books: Galapagos Islands, London, South Africa, Rome, Urbanization and Ecuador.
Renee is also the co-founder of Traveling Geeks, an initiative that brings entrepreneurs, thought leaders, bloggers, creators, curators and influencers to other countries to share and learn from peers, governments, corporations, and the general public in order to educate, share, evaluate, and promote innovative technologies.
