Manhattan, Kansas

Director: Tara Wray
www.lbthunderponyproductions.com

Screening Times

screening in: Emerging Visions

8:30 PM, Friday March 10th - Alamo S. Lamar 1
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1:30 PM, Monday March 13th - Dobie
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2:00 PM, Thursday March 16th - Dobie
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Documentary Feature

    World Premiere

Synopsis:
Manhattan, Kansas is a first-person documentary feature told from the POV of a daughter coping with her mentally unstable mother. It delves into the complicated ways people care for one another, and offers insight into the mind of a parent struggling for physical and emotional survival, and the effects this has on those who love her.

Director's Bio:
Tara Wray was born and raised in Manhattan, Kansas, and currently lives in New York. This is her first film. Prior to making a movie she wrote short stories which were published in literary journals such as the Black Warrior Review, Fiction, Sycamore Review, 3rd Bed, Gulf Coast, and the Land-Grant College Review, where she is also editor-at-large.