In May 1988, girlfriends Claudia Brenner and Rebecca Wight were attacked while hiking the Appalachian Trail by a 'mountain man' named Stephe...
In May 1988, girlfriends Claudia Brenner and Rebecca Wight were attacked while hiking the Appalachian Trail by a 'mountain man' named Stephen Roy Carr. IN THE HOLLOW tells the story of the shooting, Wight's death, and Brenner's desperate survival (and later transformation into an advocate for hate crime legislation in the U.S.) as she returns to the trail for the first time since the shooting.nnThe film combines documentary and narrative film elements, using the actual locations on the trail and dramatizations written by Claudia Brenner and director/screenwriter Austin Bunn based on her testimony. The film follows Brenner as she hikes the Appalachian Trail in search of the site of the shooting and path of her survival.nnDirector/Co-Writer/Editor - Austin BunnnProducers: Austin Bunn, Robert Hazen, Spencer Gillis, Chris CocconDirector of Photography: Spencer Gillisnn*SHORT OF THE WEEK*nnScreeningsnInside Out (Premiere) (Toronto, CA), 2015 (Audience Award – Best Short Documentary)nHonolulu Rainbow LGBT Film Festival (HI), 2015nOut East, Halifax (NS), 2015nFrameline 39, San Francisco (CA), 2015nProvincetown International Film Festival (MA) 2015nSidewalk/Shout Film Festival, Birmingham (AL), 2015nDocUTAH, St. George, Utah, 2015nMilwaukee International Film Festival (WI), 2015nAtlanta Out On Film Festival (GA), 2015. (Jury Award - Best Short Film)nIRIS Prize Festival, Wales, UK, 2015n(Runner Up – Best Short Film)nImageOut Rochester LGBT Film Festival, 2015nTop Drawer – Dayton LGBT Film Festival (OH), 2015 (Audience Award – Best Short Film)nSacramento International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (CA), 2015nReelQ Film Festival, Pittsburgh (PA) 2015nMiFo LGBT Film Festival - 7th Annual Fort Lauderdale Edition, 2015 (Audience Award – Best Short Film, Jury Award – Best Short Film Runner Up)nNewFest: The NYC LGBT Film Festival (NY), 2015 (Audience Award – Best Documentary Short)nQueer Film Festival MEZIPATRA, Prague and Brno, Czech Republic, 2015nLong Island Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Huntington (NY), 2015nUSN|expo 2015 - Sardinia Queer Short Film Festival (Italy) (Jury Prize – Best Documentary Short)nSan Francisco Indie Fest (CA), 2016nMardi Gras Film Festival - Sydney, Australia, 2016nRoze Filmdagen; Amsterdam LGBTQ Film Festival, 2016nQueens World Film Festival (NY), 2016 (Best Short Documentary)nQueer Vision Bristol Pride (Bristol, UK), 2016nLondon LGBT Film Festival (CA), 2016nDyke Drama Film Festival (Perth, Australia), 2016nRio Gender & Sexuality Film Festival, Rio De Janeiro (Brazil) 2016nGAZE International LGBT Film Festival Dublin (Ireland), 2016nNorth Carolina Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (Durham, NC) (Jury Award: Best Documentary Short Subject)nQUEERSICHT Film Festival (Bern, Switzerland), 2016nIndiana Cares Campaign (PA), 2016 Less