“Swing Lowe Sweet Chariote” churns with furious energy as it plunges into the story of redemption. Gritty and urgently involved with its characters, it announces a new director of great gifts and passions: David C. Snyder. Based on the book by Stella Hall, it follows a young woman who sets out to avenge the death of her best friend after she is brutally murdered. For Snyder, it was the perfect project to bring to the big screen. “One of the major decisions for us to do the film was brand recognition,” shares the director and editor. “Stella had already built up such a following with her novels in the city of Cleveland, so we felt that the movie is going to sell itself because of the groundwork she had already laid with her books.” An engaging movie with a decent twist, Snyder brings urban life to the movie screens without simplifying, preaching or pandering. It’s told from the perspective of Chariote Lowe (Phillia Thomas) a young girl who is sucked into the criminal underworld after she witnesses the cold blooded murder of her best friend Shannon. “It’s a morality tale,” Snyder continues. “And the moral is pretty classic — bad things happen to bad people,” adds the director who released his first feature “The Quiet Arrangement” in 2009.
Posted on: Tue, 06 Aug 2013 16:42:35 +0000
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