PLAYING IN THE SHADOWS
Sascha Ettinger Epstein and Marco Ianniello
Shooting Films
Documentary
Australia, 2008, 53 min.

Sponsored by the Australian Embassy, Washington, DC

Fri., May 15, 7 PM, at the Drama Workshop, Salem Fine Arts Center. Reception afterward at Meridian. Drink specials for filmgoers!
Salem personnel eligible for free admission.

A group of kids growing up in Woolloomooloo, a notorious public housing estate in the shadow of Sydney's famous skyline, find inspiration after dark when they form a basketball squad to compete in a citywide tournament for underprivileged youth. The film focuses on five subjects and their personal struggles and goals. This is a strangely sweet, true story about project kids trying to stay afloat—and getting to have some fun.

"There is every chance you will fall in love with these determined, upbeat young people."
—The Australian