American Primitive takes place in 1973 – the year that the Watergate crisis opened the floodgates on American cynicism and created a generation of distrust towards government and politicians.
Everybody in Dennis, Cape Cod thinks that Harry Goodhart (Donovan) is quite the catch. He has just moved to this seaside town with his teenage daughters, Madeline (Savre) and Daisy, who are determined to keep their recently widowed father away from the swarm of female suitors.
Madeline’s friends take to an underground disco in Provincetown. Through the throngs of drag queens and gay men, she sees her father dancing with a man. The double shocker is that the man is Mr. Gibbs (Pascal), recently introduced by her father as his new business partner and who just moved into the back of their house... Soon, however, Madeline’s family secret becomes the talk of the town, when she mistakenly confides in her new boyfriend, Sam.
Alternately funny and heartbreaking, this thought provoking family comedy is as relevant today as when America was in the midst of social upheaval in the 1970s.
Producer Suzan Crowley, who is originally from Speyside, will be introducing this screening and holding a Q&A afterwards.

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THE SPORRAN MAKERS
UK 2009/ 9 mins
Director: Jane McAllister
Mr Scott's traditional sporran workshop is under threat as he battles against cheap foreign imports.