When a gay man (played by writer-director Patrick Wang) loses his partner, he's forced to fight his grieving in-laws for custody of his young child. This powerful, nuanced film tells its gripping story with a distinct style consisting of masterful long-takes. Wang's directorial debut had been rejected by more than 30 film festivals when he decided to take matters into his own hands, creating a 35mm print, booking a screen in New York City and subsequently blindsiding reviewers, including Roger Ebert, and landing an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Debut Feature. We're not entirely sure why this tightly scripted, skillfully acted, emotionally accessible film was ignored by so many festivals, but we're guessing it has something to do with its running time of almost three hours (it earns each minute). Please don't make the same mistake as the festival programmers. Screening followed by a Skype Q&A with director, writer and co-star Patrick Wang

"An indie masterpiece. What a courageous first feature this is, a film that sidesteps shopworn stereotypes and tells a quiet, firm, deeply humanist story about doing the right thing. It is a film that avoids any message or statement and simply shows us, with infinite sympathy, how the life of a completely original character can help us lead our own." Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times, Four Stars

"Very few films have simultaneously explored race and sexuality conflicts with such nuance -- setting them in motion without succumbing to moralistic conclusions -- topped by a lengthy, heartfelt climax that gives a brilliant new twist on the old courtroom battle motif. A shining example of filmmaking for our times: what the new American cinema can and should be." Kevin B. Lee, Cine-File