The Hottest August
(USA, 94 min, 2019)

The film's point of departure is one city over obe month; New York City. The Hottest August gives us a window into the collectiive consciousness of 2017 -- a year marked by a new President, Growing anxieties, rising rents, a rebirth of white nationalists and the unrelenting news about the realities of climate change.

PRODUCERS’ FORUM SCREENINGS SUPPORTED BY THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS, AND PENNSYLVANIA COUNCIL ON THE ARTS