Saturday, May 13, 3:30 PM, Charles Theatre 2

Director: Brad Kimmel

Cast: Brad Crittenden, Sherry Cothran, Eric Hill, Kristy Osmunson, Duncan May, Tim Acres, Jaimee Paul, Josh Gifford, Dustin Sellers, Brian Reed, Jordan Shipman

Country: USA
Year: 2005
Running Time: 87:00 minutes
Format: BetaSP

In 1973, nine college students traveled to a remote recording studio where they spent a week camping out and recording nine introspective songs dealing with their current moods, hopes, and fears. Each of them composed an original song, and helped out on each others songs. One of the students shot several rolls of 16mm film to document their days and nights of friendship, music, and fun. While returning to campus, they were involved in a tragic accident. There were no survivors. Their music was thought lost forever, having only been heard inside the recording studio the week it was recorded. More than thirty years later, a student from the same college buys a box of records at a garage sale, and discovers in the bottom of the box, a master reel and several cans of unprocessed 16mm film. While piecing together the origins of the recordings and footage, the student discovers 30-year-old music that modern-day college students can relate to, and thanks to the internet, the music and the story behind it quickly spreads to college campuses all over the country, resulting in websites and concerts in tribute to the nine deceased musicians.

Told in the style of a documentary, NOVEM is a narrative about being young, and the similarities and differences between young people today and young people thirty years ago. It is also a film about the power of music and friendship. The musicians who wrote and performed the soundtrack play the characters that write and perform the music in the film, making the creative process seen onscreen all the more realistic.

-- Skizz Cyzyk

Presented By: Brad Kimmel

Biography: Brad Kimmel is the founder and chief executive officer of Bradley David Productions, a television production company that produces national programming for cable networks, including the Speed Channel. His producing and directing credits include My Classic Car, Popular Hot Rodding Television, On Bended Knees and Crazy Nate and His Wireless Telephone, as well as a number of national commercials and corporate videos. He is a 1983 graduate of Murray State University and has worked in the television production industry for twenty-one years. Novem is his first feature film production.