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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
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Why this pick
David Gordon Green again finds lyricism in a worn Southern mill town, with unvarnished young people, drifting rhythms, tactile landscapes, and an intimate sense of lives changing before anyone can name it.
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Why this pick
Its child’s-eye viewpoint turns a sun-bleached rural world into something dreamy, funny, frightening, and morally bewildering—matching the haunting, mythic texture beneath George Washington’s realism.
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Why this pick
A working-class child moves through grief and guilt in a vividly sensory, semi-dreamlike environment. Ramsay shares the patient observation and poetic images that make George Washington feel larger than its plot.
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Why this pick
Another unconventional portrait of poor small-town youth, built from fragments, odd rituals, and startling faces rather than conventional drama. It is rougher and more grotesque, but similarly compassionate toward its outsiders.
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Why this pick
A quiet rural coming-of-age film centered on an isolated, unusual boy finding his own way through loss. Its plainspoken performances and gentle strangeness align closely with George Washington’s empathy.
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01 / THE STORY
The film follows a group of kids growing up in a depressed rural town in North Carolina, as seen through the eyes of 12-year-old Nasia (Candace Evanofski). After breaking up with her show-off boyfriend Buddy (Curtis Cotton III), she withdraws from her delinquent friends and becomes romantically interested in a strange, introverted boy named George Richardson (Donald Holden) who is burdened by the fact that his skull never hardened after birth. Tragedy strikes when George accidentally kills Buddy, and the group, fearing punishment, decide to hide his body. In its aftermath, George takes up the unlikely role of town hero.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Rico Rice
Baptist (as Henry A. Harris)
Damascus
