Beasts of the Southern Wild

The Maryland Film Festival WYPR Spotlight Series features screenings of films, followed by interviews with people involved with the film, or related to the movie's subject matter. Previous screenings have included Which Way Is The Front Line From Here? The Life And Time Of Tim Hetherington, a tribute to photojournalist Tim Hetherington, who was killed in Libya in 2011. 

Steve James, director of The Interrupters

Lucy Alibar, screenwriter of Beasts of the Southern Wild

Kurt Schmoke, former mayor of Baltimore

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Our new series, the WYPR and Maryland Film Festival Spotlight, kicks off this week with a conversation with screenwriter Lucy Alibar about her screen debut Beasts of the Southern Wild.