Often, when you grow up in a small town, it’s almost impossible to find your way out. For many, poverty means that you’re pretty much stuck in your current station in life without much hope for ever finding something better. And that’s the situation that faces young Ruth in the new film “Holler.”
The independent film is set to make its debut at this year’s SXSW Film Festival and in honor of the film’s premiere, we’re thrilled to offer our readers an exclusive look at a clip from the upcoming drama about a young woman willing to do whatever it takes to improve her life. The film follows Ruth, a determined young woman that just got accepted to a college that could greatly change the course of her life. However, she doesn’t have the money to pay for it, so she is forced to join her older brother as part of a scrap metal crew that isn’t completely on the up and up.
The film stars Jessica Barden, Austin Amelio, Pamela Adlon, and Gus Halper. Barden is probably best known for her Netflix series “The End of the F**king World,” but she has not one but two films premiering at SXSW, including “Holler” and ”Pink Skies Ahead.” “Holler” is written and directed by Nicole Riegel, inspired by her short film of the same name.
“Holler” is set to make its premiere at this year’s SXSW on March 14. You can watch the exclusive clip and see the poster below.
Here’s the synopsis:
In a forgotten pocket of Southern Ohio where American manufacturing and opportunity are drying up, a determined young woman finds a ticket out when she is accepted to college. Alongside her older brother, Ruth Avery (Jessica Barden) joins a dangerous scrap metal crew in order to pay her way. Together, they spend one brutal winter working the scrap yards during the day and stealing valuable metal from the once-thriving factories by night. With her goal in sight, Ruth finds that the ultimate cost of an education for a girl like her may be more than she bargained for, and she soon finds herself torn between a promising future and the family she would leave behind.
