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Princess of the Row

Directed by Max Carlson

85 Min | English | United States | 2019 | Narrative
Feature | Open Captions | Audio Description
City Premiere

Alicia is known as “Princess” to those who live on Skid Row, including her father who suffered a traumatic brain injury while in Iraq and now endures PTSD. Alicia is a gifted writer but ditches school and the social service employees trying to help her. With a stellar cast, first-rate writing and cinematography, Princess of the Row is a gritty and inspiring tale of a runaway foster child who will stop at nothing to live with the only family she knows.

(Adult content: language, sexual situation)

Audience Award – Best Film – Cleveland International
Film Festival

“Led by a breakout performance from Taylor Buck, Princess of the Row shines a unique light on homelessness, mental illness, PTSD, veterans’ affairs, poverty, foster care… Our eyes, and our hearts, are opened to the humanity of the less fortunate.” – Debbie Lynn Elias, Behind the Lens

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