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ArtMattan Films, the films distribution arm of ArtMattan Productions, has announced its acquisition of Daniel Nearing’s experimental period drama, “Hogtown.” Nearing, who made the previously critically-acclaimed 2009 indie drama “Chicago Heights,” shot “Hogtown” in black and white with Herman Wilkins and Diandra… Continue Reading →...

Once again, before 2013 officially comes to a close, I want to bring to your attention the very interesting upcoming indie period drama Hogtown.Vanessa and I have a few times before written about Chicago-based writer and director Daniel Nearing’s ambitious new film project Hogtown, with images from the film and a teaser trailer. Now the first full length trailer from the film was released yesterday. Nearing, who made the previously critically-acclaimed 2009 indie drama Chicago Heights, shot Hogtown in black and white with Herman Wilkins and Diandra Lyle playing the leads in a multi-racial cast of more than 70.The film could be described as an experimental period drama, set...

I first wrote about Chicago-based writer and director Daniel Nearing’s ambitious new film project Hogtown back in April 2012, and now we finally get to see our teasing first look at the film. Currently deep in post-production, Nearing, who made the previously critically-acclaimed 2009 drama Chicago Heights, shot Hogtown in black and white with Herman Wilkins and Diandra Lyle playing the leads in a mutli-racial cast of more than 70.The film is a experimental period drama set during the backdrop of the notorious 1919 Chicago race riots - a city which, as anyone familiar with it knows, has a long, bloody and painful history of racial tensions.Nearing says that his film’s plot “relates...

Here's a project that Sergio first profiled back in April; an experimental black-and-white feature film set during the 1919 Chicago race riots that we're curious about and eagerly anticipating. To recap, Hogtown, helmed by Chicago area writer/director Daniel Nearing (2009's Chicago Heights), stars Herman Wilkins and Diandra Lyle playing the leads in a mutli-racial cast of more than 70. Close to finishing production, Hogtown incorportates several iconic figures including a young unplished Ernest Hemingway. According to Nearing, the film will be "period-less;" he oped to shoot Hogtown in undisguised Chicago locations, hence the experimental quality. Hogtown...