Cleveland International Film Festival } March 27 – April 7, 2019 } Tower City Cinemas

Love Land

Year: 2014
Country: USA
Run Time: 101 minutes

Ivy, a 24-year-old tattoo shop assistant, has been in trouble with the law more than once. But that’s not exactly her fault. Although she has been cavorting with the wrong crowd, Ivy is also disabled. A car wreck several years ago left her permanently brain damaged. While she can complete most day-to-day tasks without assistance, she behaves more like a teenager than an adult, and she has little hope of progressing. Ivy’s primary caretaker is her older sister Dot. But Dot’s live-in boyfriend Carl is fed up with Ivy’s antics, and the couple decides to send Ivy to a state-funded institution, called Love Land Ranch, for a 60-day trial period. Surrounded by more severely disabled people, Ivy is desperate to regain her freedom. Still, many residents, like amiable tour guide Roger, can’t see why she’d want to refuse the comforts of the institution. Showcasing compelling performances from a developmentally disabled breakthrough cast, Joshua Tate’s LOVE LAND exposes the limitations of state-funded facilities, especially for those who long to live normal, independent lives. – E.B.

CIFF39 Screenings

Tower City Cinemas

Friday, March 20, 2015 at 9:20 PM

Preceded by: Guest Room

Saturday, March 21, 2015 at 12:10 PM

Preceded by: Guest Room

Sidebars
Focus on Disabilities
Women of the World

Competition
American Independents Competition

Related Daily Postings
Taking Feature Films in a New Direction
Inclusion in the Arts

Director
Joshua Tate

Born in California and raised in Texas, Joshua Tate earned a B.S. in Film Production from the University of Texas at Austin and an M.F.A. in Film and TV Production from the University of Southern California. A devoted advocate of disability rights, Tate has directed three films on the subject. LOVE LAND received the Audience Award for Narrative Feature and the Special Jury Award for Ensemble Cast at the New Orleans Film Festival.

Filmography
LOVE LAND (2014)

Producers
Maritte Go, Andrew C. Richey, Joshua Tate

Screenwriting
Paul Gleason, Joshua Tate

Cinematography
Damian Horan

Editing
Andrew Nackman, Andrew C. Richey, Joshua Tate

Principal Cast
Monica Gaseor, Michael Iovine, Skyy Moore, Angelica Briones, Memphis DiAngelis, Maddy Davidson, Johnny Walter, April Hartman

Print Source

Cicatrice Pictures
joshuadtate@gmail.com

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