SOLLERS POINT American Independents

Keith is out on probation and living in his father’s house in a working-class Baltimore neighborhood. He’s resolved to set his life right, but old ties from the past keep pulling him dangerously back toward an existence of hustling and crime. As Keith navigates a tense living arrangement with his dad (played by Jim Belushi), a fraught relationship with his ex (and, poignantly, the dog he lost after the breakup), and an escalating situation with local drug dealers, he realizes that a year in prison hasn’t tempered his problems on the outside. Directed with authenticy by Matt Porterfield, SOLLERS POINT is a moving portrait of one young man’s frustrated attempts to rise above his obstacles, and his angry lashing-out at a world that seems indifferent to his success or failure. – Beth Hanna