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5 Park City Standouts

Rich Hill
Directors: Tracy Droz Tragos
and Andrew Droz Palermo
Cinematographer: Andrew
Droz Palermo
Rich Hill, which won the Grand
Jury Prize in the U.S. Documentary
Competition, is a finely observed
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portrait of three adolescent boys in Rich
Hill, Mo. Co-directed and co-produced
by cousins Tracy Droz Tragos and
Andrew Droz Palermo, and shot by
Droz Palermo, this portrait emerges
from a collection of small, quotidian
moments in the lives of its subjects, who
all live in poverty.
"A lot of films out there lead
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with the issue and throw in a few
people, but Rich Hill leads with its
people," says editor Jonathan
Oppenheim, who served on the jury
with filmmaker Morgan Neville, singer
Tracy Chapman, producer Kahane
Cooperman and film-festival programmer Charlotte Cook. "It's also impressive that they were shooting with that
kind of intensity and endurance in a
situation where there's not a clear plot.
The filmmakers had to immerse themselves in their [subjects'] lives, then
choose how to tell the story. And I think
they made great choices."
Both cousins had been nursing
the idea of a film about Rich Hill,
which was their parents' childhood
home and is still home to many relatives. But it was on a shared ride to Los
Angeles International Airport that they
decided to join forces. Droz Palermo
had just finished color correcting a
feature (You're Next) and was considering a movie about Rich Hill as his next
project. Droz Tragos, 16 years his senior,
wanted to get back into filmmaking
after taking a break to raise a family.

Rich Hill frame grabs courtesy of the Sundance Film Festival. Droz Palermo photo courtesy of the filmmakers.

Top: 14-yearold Andrew
plays with his
siblings in a
frame from the
documentary
Rich Hill.
Bottom: 15year-old Harley
is another
subject of the
film.



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