GRASSHOPPER FILM Presents A Myrtle & Olive Production
HAPPY CAMPERS’ showing at the IFC Center in New York has been extended and opens in Los Angeles on August 21st at Laemmle Theaters: Monica Film Center, Noho 7. Its United States and Canada VOD Release on iTunes and all major platforms is September 10th.
Los Angeles Screenings:
Laemmle Monica, August 21st at 7:30PM - 1332 2nd St, Santa Monica, CA.
Q&A with Director and filmmaker Cythia Wade to following screening.
LINK: https://www.laemmle.com/film/ happy-campers?date=2024-08-21
Laemmle Noho, August 22nd at 7:30PM - 5240 Lankershim Blvd, North Hollywood, CA
Q&A with Director and Abby Sun, Director of Artist Programs at the International Documentary Association to follow screening.
LINK: https://www.laemmle.com/film/happy-campers?date=2024-08-22
HAPPY CAMPERS chronicles the final days of a working-class summer colony in a scrappy trailer park that just happens to hold the secret to a rich life.
In a waterfront campground off the coast of Virginia, residents spend their summers living spitting distance apart in rust-bitten RVs. They chuckle about the modest rent they pay for a million-dollar location, but what makes them the luckiest people in the world is more than just stunning sunsets, it’s the community they’ve created.
Beneath cliched trailer park stereotypes lies an unlikely utopia where all are welcome. Neighbors help each other out, and share everything from power tools to simple pleasures. Loneliness and isolation are inconceivable.
When their affordable paradise is sold to developers, the residents brace for eviction and the loss of friendships that span generations. They hold tight to their final days in the sun. The well-heeled crowd that takes their place will never be as wealthy.
Amy Nicholson is a New York-based filmmaker and commercial director whose projects often explore the essence of Americana with a humorous eye and a warm respect for her subjects. Nicholson’s most recent documentary, a short titled Pickle, won multiple audience awards, was selected for The New York Times’ Op Docs, and was featured on the Criterion Collection alongside Errol Morris’ Gates of Heaven. Pickle was also nominated for an IDA Award and Cinema Eye Honors. Nicholson has produced and directed several features. Zipper: Coney Island’s Last Wild Ride won the Special Jury Prize at DOCNYC and was held over twice at the IFC Center. Muskrat Lovely premiered at the Hamptons International Film Festival and was broadcast on Independent Lens. Nicholson’s films have screened at Hot Docs, Sheffield, Full Frame, DOK Leipzig, BFI London, Camden, Traverse City, Rooftop Films, and the MoMA. They have been reviewed by Variety, Indiewire, The Hollywood Reporter, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times.