WRITER, DIRECTOR TO APPEAR IN CINCINNATI TO DISCUSS "IN THE FAMILY"

In the Family writer/director/co-star Patrick Wang will appear at The Esquire Theatre in Cincinnati this weekend. Credit: Murray Close © 2012 Lionsgate Pictures. All Rights Reserved.

Hey Cincinnati! Do you consider yourself an independent film buff? If the answer is "yes," the Esquire Theatre is hosting an event you likely won't want to miss. 


A film nominated for the Independent Spirit Best First Feature/John Cassavettes Award and listed on 25-plus best film lists, In The Family, a new independent film opens this Friday, March 23 at the Esquire Theatre in the Clifton area of Cincinnati.  


Set in Martin, Tennessee, the film revolves around a gay couple – Cody Hines (Trevor St. John of One Life to Live fame) and Joey Williams (Patrick Wang) – living happily together with Chip (Sebastian Brodziak). A happy 6 year-old, Chip lives in perfect harmony with Cody ("Pa"), his biological father and Joey, who he has come to call "Dad."  


Then Cody is involved in a horrific accident ... And Chip – whose mother died in childbirth – is then taken away from the only other adult he's known as a parent when he is separated from Joey. What ensues is one man's fight to show how a parent's love and right to love a child cannot be defined by legal books, but by the emotional connection they share.


Wang, who also wrote and directed the film, will participate in Q&A sessions about the film after the 8 p.m. screenings on Friday, March 23 and Saturday, March 24. A final Q&A session will take place following the film's 1 p.m. screening on Sunday, March 25. 


Ticket prices for the event are $9.50 for adults and $6.75 for students/seniors age 65 and above. Matinee screenings of the film are $6.75 for all ages.

For more information, visit http://www.inthefamilythemovie.com/ or http://www.esquiretheatre.com/events.asp.