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'Incredibly Ambitious and Probably Really Stupid': R.T. Thorne's Sci-Fi Debut '40 Acres'
- R.T. Thorne’s film 40 Acres debuted last September during the Toronto festival circuit and is currently showing in cinemas.
- The film portrays a Black-Indigenous family, the Freemans, fighting to stay on their rural Canadian land amid a famine caused by a past pandemic and civil war.
- The family is close-knit, well trained, and self-sufficient, but teenage Manny struggles with their isolation and questions the cost of their seclusion despite regular food supplies.
- Producer Jennifer Holness said walking away from a U.S. distributor asking damaging script changes left the production $2 million in debt, while union IATSE confirmed all crew payments have now been made.
- 40 Acres highlights Indigenous land rights and resistance to encroachment, suggesting community unity and care lead to eventual success despite ongoing external threats.
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‘Incredibly ambitious and probably really stupid’: R.T. Thorne’s sci-fi debut ‘40 Acres’
TORONTO - R.T. Thorne says he could have played it safe with his debut feature. Instead, he swung for the fences, writing an epic sci-fi thriller about generational trauma, cannibalism
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'Incredibly ambitious and probably really stupid': R.T. Thorne's sci-fi debut '40 Acres'
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In theaters now: A post-apocalyptic thriller, a steamy noir and, yes, dinosaurs - TPR: The Public's Radio
The newest Jurassic installment is roaring into theaters. Meanwhile, Danielle Deadwyler is determined to defend her family's land in the post-apocalyptic thriller 40 Acres. The post In theaters now: A post-apocalyptic thriller, a steamy noir and, yes, dinosaurs appeared first on TPR: The Public's Radio.
'Incredibly ambitious and probably really stupid': R.T. Thorne's sci-fi debut '40 Acres' - The Turtle Island News
By Alex Nino Gheciu R.T. Thorne says he could have played it safe with his debut feature. Instead, he swung for the fences, writing an epic sci-fi thriller about generational trauma, cannibalism and humanity’s connection with land — all set in what he calls “a post-apocalyptic world where the stakes are at the absolute highest.” “For my first film, it was incredibly ambitious and probably really stupid to write something like that,” the Calgary-…
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