Arresting Gena

Arresting Gena (1997)

A directionless teenager (Aesha Waks) becomes involved with a headstrong runaway (Summer Phoenix) and her drug-dealing brother (Sam Rockwell).

Erscheinungsdatum
1997-01-27
TMDB
5.5 / 10 (2)
Laufzeit
1 Std. 30 Min.
Genres
Drama
Regie
Hannah Weyer

Besetzung

Wissenswertes

Arresting Gena is a 1997 American crime drama film written and directed by Hannah Weyer and starring Aesha Waks, Summer Phoenix, J. Smith-Cameron, and Sam Rockwell. It premiered in competition at the 1997 Sundance Film Festival.

Production

Director Hannah Weyer attracted attention in 1995 with her New York University MFA thesis film, The Salesman and Other Adventures, which won the Best Short prize at the Sundance Film Festival in 1995. Following this, she began work on Arresting Gena, with the intention of screening it at Sundance. The script was workshopped at the Sundance Filmmakers' Lab in June 1995.

Actress Aesha Waks was cast in the lead role following a two-month video submission audition process. Filming occurred in New Jersey.

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