Five Star
World Premiere

Five Star

World Narrative Competition
| USA | 83 MINUTES | English
Drama, New York, NY Director(s)
After John’s absent father is struck by a stray bullet, Primo takes it upon himself to verse the young boy in the code of the streets—one founded on respect and upheld by fear. A member of the Bloods since the age of twelve—both in the film and in reality—the streets of Brooklyn are all Primo has ever known. While John questions whether or not to enter into this life, Primo must decide whether to leave it all behind as he vows to become a better husband and father. Set during those New York summer weeks where the stifling heat seems to encase everything, Five Star plunges into gang culture with searing intensity. Director Keith Miller observes the lives of these two men with a quiet yet pointed distance, carefully eschewing worn clichés through its unflinching focus. Distinctions between fiction and real life remain intentionally ambiguous, allowing the story of these two men to resonate beyond the streets, as they face the question of what it means to be a man.

-Genna Terranova

Cast & Credits
Directed by
Keith Miller
Keith Miller is a filmmaker, painter, curator, and professor. A member of the Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective, he made his first short film in 2004. His first feature-length film, Welcome to Pine Hill, premiered in 2012 at the Slamdance Film Festival, where it won the Grand Jury Prize, winning a total of five Jury prizes. Five Star is his second feature film.
Director
Keith Miller
Screenwriter
Keith Miller
Producer
Keith Miller, Daryl Freimark, Luisa Conlon
Editor
Keith Miller
Associate Producer
Alexander Mallis, Ynette Hogue, James Hogue, Mindy Miller, Lee Weinstein
Cinematographer
Ed David, Alexander Mallis
Executive Producer
Russell Miller
Composer
Michael Rosen
Co-Producer
Landon Van Soest
Unit Production Manager
Doree Simon
Assistant Directors
Ted Schafer, Lily Henderson, Jeremy Levine
Line Producer
Isaac Wilkins
Cast
James 'Primo' Grant, John Diaz

Contacts
International Sales Contact
Daryl Freimark
Hardball Entertaimment
Brooklyn, NY 11231
Phone: 917 991 1377
daryl.freimark@gmail.com
US Sales Contact
Mette-Marie Katz
XYZ Films
Marina del Rey, 90292
Phone: 310 956 1550
mettemarie@xyzfilms.com
Print Source
Daryl Freimark
Hardball Entertaimment
Brooklyn, NY 11231
Phone: 917 991 1377
daryl.freimark@gmail.com
US Sales Contact
Nate Bolotin
XYZ Films
Los Angeles, CA 90016
Phone: 310 956 1554
nate@xyzfilms.com
Press Contact
Marian Koltai-Levine
R&CPMK
New York, NY 10022
Phone: 212 373 6130
Marian.koltai@rogersandcowanpmk.com
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