it's for you
Directed by Ryan Steven Green
When to watch it?
BLOCK C | HIGH SCHOOL
FRIDAY, APRIL 25 | 6:30 - 8 PM
LOCATION | York County Library | Rock Hill
it's for you (TRAILER)
Synopsis
Utilizing such varied materials as concrete, papier-mâché, and blown-out tires, disparate Los Angeles street artists give new life to the dwindling remnants of the city’s public payphones by repurposing them as canvases for unique creative expressions. With the streets as their gallery, our heroes defy vandalism laws, maintenance crews, haters, and history itself to deliver a moment’s levity to the right kind of passerby. By keeping its focus on the artists, the phones, and the ephemeral nature of both art and technology, this short documentary thoughtfully invites its audience to appreciate what’s being lost as the world moves on.
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR ​​
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Photographer and director Ryan Steven Green was 14 years old when he first put a camera to his eye and the list of films he has amassed since betrays a penchant for, as one long-time collaborator put it, “spicy banality”.
Born in Glendale, came up in Altadena, graduated from USC (Cinema-Television, emphasis on non-fiction filmmaking), since 2004 Green has lived in the Highland Park home built by his grandfather.
Film festivals and awards a-plenty for films on topics ranging from moustaches, to air-cooled Volkswagens, to the “world’s smallest professional basketball team” have fueled a fruitful career in advertising where Green has had a hand in telling stories for some of the world's most well-known brands.
Since 2018, his continuing documentation of the disappearing payphones of Los Angeles has yielded thousands of film and digital images, a series of ten micro (<1 minute) documentaries, two photo books, two group photography exhibitions, three solo photography exhibition, and the 29-minute documentary It’s For You: Ephemeral Art & The Death of the Public Phone.
DETAILS
Documentary | 2023 | 28 min. 50 sec.
Official Selection
Suggested Rating | PG13
Country | United States
Language | English
CREDITS
Director, Writer, Producer | Ryan Steven Green
Key Cast | Andrés Cortes, Jennifer Korsen, Kellan Meador
Composer | Shawn Jimmerson
Re-Recording Mixer | Nikola Simikic
Colorist | Bobby Lam
VFX | Justin Edwards
Add'l Photography & Editing | Matthew R. Green
Dialogue Editor | Ian Mackley
​SCREENINGS & AWARDS
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Bombay Beach Int'l FF | Bombay Beach, Salton Sea | March 15-17
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Humboldt Int'l FF | Arcata, CA | April 18-21
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Arizona Int'l FF | Tucson, AZ | April 17-28
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SF DocFest | San Francisco, CA | May 30 - June 9
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Rochester Int'l FF | Rochester, NY | June 6-8 | Best of Fest
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Dances With Films | Hollywood, CA | June 20-30
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Interrobang FF | Des Moines, IA | June 28-30 | Best Short Documentary
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Real to Reel Int'l FF | Kings Mountain, NC | July 24-27 | Festival Director's Choice
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Quarantine FF | Varna, Bulgaria | August 6-10
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Sidewalk FF | Birmingham, AL | August 19-25
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Black Cat Picture Show | Augusta, GA | August 22-25
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Highland Park Indie FF | Highland Park | October 3-5
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Tacoma Film Festival | Tacoma, WA | October 10-13
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Lost River FF | San Marcos, TX | October 17-20
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East Lansing Film Festival/Lake Michigan Film Festival | East Lansing, MI | November 7-14
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Weyauwega Int'l FF | Weyauwega, WI | November 13-16
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Tennessee Int'l Indie FF | Franklin, TN | November 14-17 | Community Activism Award
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Dam Short FF | Boulder City, NV | February 12-17
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Underexposed Film Festival | Rock Hill, SC | April 24-26