'In the Company of Strangers' Gets NY Screening

Our friend Dave Tippett passed along this opportunity:
"In the Company of Strangers", an award-winning independent feature film, will screen in New York City as part of the NewFilmmakers series Winter Fest 2010.

The feature film debut from writer/producer/director Thomas Hofbauer will be shown at the Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Ave. at 2nd Street in NYC Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010 at 8:15 pm. Tickets are $6. The film contains mature language and some violence, Tom warns.

It tells the story of a young man who reaches a critical juncture in his life. Does he follow the mob - his friends since childhood - and join blindly in the persecution of a group of people based solely on their sexual orientation or does he move to a more enlightened life? When Brian Nowicki (Ben Perry) is arrested for his participation in a gay-bashing crime, he is sentenced to 600 hours of community service at an AIDS hospice. The hospice director (Timothy Wayne) gently nudges Brian toward an understanding of tolerance and compassion. While there, Brian attempts to reconcile a dying man (Scott Hopkins) with his estranged son (Val Tasso).

"In the Company of Strangers" has won the top award at five film festivals. For more information, visit http://www.inthecompanyofstrangers.com/.