OPENING THIS WEEK AT IFC @ WEST 4TH

“I’m not black, I’m not white, not foreign…just different in the mind – different brains, that’s all…” explains 15 year-old Billy in Jennifer Venditti’s provocative coming of age film. Billy's intuitive commentary and intimate verité footage reveal a unique attitude as he responds to a painful childhood, first time love, and his experience as an outsider in small town Maine. By turns humorous and disturbing, this portrait challenges the viewer to look beyond labels and contemplate the future of a teen still in the process of becoming.

Jennifer Venditti is a legendary casting director based in NYC and now has turned one of her "discoveries" into her pet documentary that is releasing this week at IFC(Dec 5). Venditti, who has casted for a staggering list of clients that include every major fashion fuck, mags that go with it, and countless advertising campaigns both high-end and commercial, has been a major player in how we see the meaning of beauty in last decade. You can see her site at www.jv8inc.com So lets see what she brings to the big screen this week...cause I sure will be there. SA