At Last, Okemah!


At Last, Okemah is a 2009 short film directed by Chicagobased independent filmmaker Michael Glover Smith, based on an original screenplay by novelist Adam Selzer and Smith. The film had its world premiere at the Chicago International REEL Shorts Festival on Sunday, September 13, 2009, where it won an Audience Choice Award. It was also an Official Selection of the 2009 Asheville Film Festival, the 2010 Tallahassee Film Festival and the 2010 Chicago International Music and Movies Festival, where the film effectively opened a concert by cast member Jon Langford. This unique double bill was a Recommended screening by CineFile, Chicagos guide to independent and alternative cinema.

At Last, Okemah was shot on high definition digital video indays in the spring of 2009. Most of the actors in the movie are well known in the worlds of Chicago music, theater, television and independent film in addition to Viol and Langford, the cast includes noted thespians Mia Park host of televisions ChicaGoGo, Suzy Brack, Paul Perroni and Duane Sharp star of Zen Noir. At Last, Okemah is dedicated to writer Miguel de Cervantes and musician Woody Guthrie.

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