Alma

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

Framed by accusations of incest and overflowing with outrageous family secrets, director Ruth Leitman's Southern Gothic-flavored documentary tells the story of whiskey sippin', country singin' Southern Diva Margie Thorpe, and her lifelong quest to care for her mentally ill mother and alcoholic father. Margie's family isn't exactly a textbook example of stability; her father is a violent alcoholic and her mother Alma is a working class storyteller with the power to weave tragedy into tall tales. Whether the topic is motherhood or mail order sweepstakes, Alma always has something interesting to add to the conversation, and her past is overflowing with romantic stories of bank robbers, murderers, and even Elvis Presley. As stories of a childhood rape slowly come into focus, Alma offers her own unique take on the incident as a daughter's love becomes hopelessly tangled up in secrets and pains from the past. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

DVD FEATURES:

• Region: All
• Number of Discs: 1
• Audio: Dolby Digital Stereo
• Screen: Color
• Features:
  • Director's commentary
  • Q&A with Ruth Leitman & Margie Thorpe at Indiana University
  • Photo gallery - Including Production Stills and Travelogue from Film Festivals Worldwide
  • CNN Feature-American Voices - Alma Premiere

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Cast:

  
       Alma Thorpe
       Margie Thorpe
       Jim Thorpe
       RuPaul
       Hunter Patterson
       Larry Tee
       Tom Zarilli
       The Now Explosion

• Director:

  Ruth Leitman

• Producer:

  Ruth Leitman

• Cinematographer:

  Mark Petersen

• Composer (Music Score):

  Connie Hanes, Steve Dixon

• Editor:

  Ruth Leitman, Ann Husaini, Darcy Bowman

• Co-producer:

  Nancy Segler, Margie Thorpe

• Executive Producer:

  Peter Wentworth

• Sound/Sound Designer:

  Jason Wells, Brendan Davis, Bill Fibben

• Post Production Supervisor:

  Ann Husaini