Wednesday, September 25, 2024 at 7:30 PM
The Wyncote Northwest Forum
1119 8th Ave (Entrance off Seneca St.)
Seattle, 98101
Filmmaker and actor Edward Burns discusses his debut novel about adolescence in an Irish-Catholic community set in 1970s New York.
Born in Woodside, Queens and raised on Long Island, Edward Burns has made fourteen feature films as writer-director-actor and starred in many films, including Saving Private Ryan. Burns’ first film, The Brothers McMullen, premiered in competition at the 1995 Sundance Film Festival, winning the Grand Jury prize. The film also won “Best First Feature” at the 1996 Independent Spirit Awards. In 2015, he published Independent Ed, an inside look at his two decades as a pioneer in independent filmmaking. A Kid from Marlboro Road is his first novel, based on his childhood memories and the Irish American communities of the Bronx and Long Island.
Presented by Town Hall Seattle.