Reception to Follow
Viewing of the award-winning 22-minute film short, Uso Justo. Meet filmmaker Coleman Miller, with moderator, Daniel Stern.
Uso Justo is a 22 minute existential comedy about a small town thrown into turmoil when an experimental filmmaker decides to shoot his next film there. Coleman Miller re-cuts and subtitles an obscure 1959 dramatic Mexican film turning it into an hilarious comedy about free will, and one’s towns desire to understand what is happening. Watch the Clip.
Awards
2006 Aahrus Festival of Independent Arts - Best Fiction Film
2005 Ken Burns Best of the Festival - Ann Arbor Film Festival
2005 Best of the Fest - Humbolt International Film Festival
2005 Audience award - Chicago Underground Film Festival
2005 Audience Award - Milwaukee Film Festival
“Do not miss Coleman Miller’s brilliant Uso Justo”, Chicago Sun Times
"A laff a minute", Bruce Connor
"Uso Justo is the morst hilarious and mesmerizing film I have seen in years", Tarnation
About Coleman Miller
Filmmaker Coleman Miller is exhibiting his video in the Artist League Projects booth. Mr. Miller has been making films for over 20 years. He worked in SF’s Monaco Motion Picture Lab refining his style and making numerous abstract shorts concerning the film medium itself. Recently Miller has turned his telling stories with found footage as seen in this film.
About Daniel Stern
The Popular Actor and sculptor will be exhibiting is art in the Art League Projects booth. Mr. Stern has quite an impressive filmography, appearing in over 60 films and TV shows. His film credits include Diner, Home Alone, Home Alone 2-Lost in New York, City Slickers, City Slickers 2- The Legend of Curly’s Gold, Stardust Memories, Hannah and her Sisters, and others.