In 1948 the James Agee wrote a scenario for his lifelong hero, Charlie Chaplin. Deeply disturbed by the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Agee imagined New York destroyed. In the ruins, Chaplin's Little Tramp builds a shack in Central Park. Gradually a small community of the dispossessed grows up around him. For Agee, his story was a thought experiment about how one might start again in the aftermath of disaster, to go beyond capitalism and just how hard that is in the face of our modern technological world. The film focuses on his imaginative journey and what it might mean for us today.
Cast
Diana DeLaCruz
Beatriz Valdes
Steven Rattazzi
James W. Fay
Alison Cimmet
Lois Grenadine
Adebowale Adebiyi
Construction worker
Aaron Kingsley Adetola
Child
Manuel Cabrero
Subway rider
Eli Lehan Dew
James Agee as a child
Steve Espinola
News photographer
Steve French
Chaplin (voice)
Marcel McAlpin
Child
Cameron Pow
George La Monte
Rebecca Rivera
Subway rider
Gunnar Theel
News cameraman
Anju Vallares
Child
Sky Vega
Child
Barrett Martin
James Agee
Crew
Zoe Beloff
Director, Editor, Producer, Production Design, Art Direction
James Agee
Writer
Eric Muzzy
Editor, Cinematography, Colorist, Production Design, Art Direction
Stacey Maltin
Assistant Director, Line Producer
Joel Crane
Assistant Camera
Jennifer Peralta-Ajemian
Casting
Erika Munro
Costume Design
Anna Khromova
Sound Mixer
Timothy Amatulli
Key Grip
Brittany Jeffery
Grip
John Rossi
Gaffer