WITH IMPORTANT LOCAL COVERAGE. THE MIDWEST FILM FESTIVAL IS HITTING THE ROAD AND MAKING A STOP IN MILWAUKEE THIS WEEKEND. THE FESTIVAL IS WORKING WITH MILWAUKEE FILM TO PREMIERE A NEW VIDEO, A NEW MOVIE RIGHT HERE IN THE CREAM CITY. THE DIRECTOR OF SINGLE CAR CRASHES, BRITTANY WARD, JOINS ME NOW LIVE. BRITTANY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT TOO. OF COURSE, BEFORE WE GET TO WHAT’S EXACTLY HAPPENING LATER THIS THIS WEEKEND. HERE IN MILWAUKEE, THIS IS PRETTY UNIQUE FOR THE MIDWEST FILM FESTIVAL TO BE ON THE ROAD, RIGHT? YES IT IS. IT IS THEIR INAUGURAL ROAD SHOW EVENT, THE MIDWEST. FILM FESTIVAL HAS BEEN IN CHICAGO FOR TEN YEARS, AND IT IS THE ONLY YEAR ROUND FILM FESTIVAL NATIONWIDE DEDICATED TO MIDWESTERN FILMMAKERS. SO IT’S PRETTY MAD. WE GET A LITTLE PIECE OF IT HERE IN MILWAUKEE AT THE ORIENTAL THEATER THIS WEEKEND WITH YOUR FILM SINGLE CAR CRASHES DEBUTING ON SATURDAY. TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR MOVIE. SINGLE CAR CRASHES IS MY LOVE LETTER TO THE MIDWEST AND TO MY SUBURBAN UPBRINGING. I GREW UP EQUIDISTANT BETWEEN CHICAGO AND MILWAUKEE, AND BEFORE STARTING MY HOLLYWOOD CAREER IN LOS ANGELES, AND IT’S AN AUTHENTIC, HEARTFELT DRAMEDY THAT’S REALLY ABOUT GETTING BACK TO YOUR LIFE NO MATTER WHAT IT IS THAT’S BEEN HOLDING YOU BACK. I REALLY LOVE A LINE OF THE SYNOPSIS WHERE YOU WRITE THAT THIS REALLY EXPLORES WHAT’S POSSIBLE WHEN ONE BEGINS TO LOOK TOWARD THE ROAD AHEAD, RATHER THAN FOCUS ON THE REARVIEW MIRROR. WHAT DO YOU HOPE THAT PEOPLE TAKE AWAY FROM THIS MOVIE? I WANT THEM TO FEEL LIKE NO MATTER WHAT IT IS IN THEIR LIFE THAT’S GOING ON, THAT’S BEEN DEFERRING THEIR DREAMS OR THEIR GOALS. YOU ALWAYS HAVE THE RIGHT TO CHANGE COURSE, TO PIVOT. I WANT THEM TO FEEL INSPIRED. I WANT THEM TO LAUGH AND CRY A LITTLE BIT. THERE IS A LATENT GRIEF ELEMENT IN A REALLY HONEST PORTRAYAL OF FRIENDSHIP AND I THINK THAT THE MOVIE ENCOURAGES AUDIENCES TO LOOK AROUND THEM AT ALL. THEY HAVE TO BE GRATEFUL FOR AND TO CARRY THAT WITH THEM IN THEIR GROWTH. SO TELL ME, HOW CAN PEOPLE HERE IN MILWAUKEE SEE THIS FILM THIS WEEKEND? THIS WEEKEND, BEGINNING AT 11 A.M., THERE’S GOING TO BE A NETWORKING EVENT WITH A LOT OF THE STRONGEST FILMMAKERS AND ACTORS THAT ARE DRIVING UP FROM CHICAGO. SO THAT’S GONNA START AT 11 A.M. AT THE ORIENTAL THEATER. AND THEN AT 12 NOON IS THE SCREENING, FOLLOWED BY A QUESTION AND ANSWER WITH MYSELF, THE PRODUCER, AND SEVERAL OF THE LEAD ACTORS. AND IT’S GOING TO FOLLOW FOLLOWING THAT IS GOING TO BE A DRINKS RECEPTION IRON AT THE BAR ACROSS THE STREET. I THINK VON TRIER. AND THEN WHAT’S NEXT FOR SINGLE CAR CRASHES AFTER PREMIERES THIS WEEKEND? THIS IS ONLY THE SECOND TIME IT’S BEEN SHOWN, SO WE HAD OUR WORLD PREMIERE AT CINEQUEST, WHERE IT WON THE NEW VISION AWARD. THIS IS THE MIDWEST PREMIERE. IT’S ONLY THE SECOND TIME IT’S EVER BEEN SHOWN PUBLICLY. PROBABLY THE ONLY TIME TO SEE IT IN THEATERS IN MILWAUKEE, AND IT’S GOING TO BE DIGITALLY RELEASED IN THE FALL WITH SOME SPORADIC PACKERS NATIONWIDE. BETWEEN NOW AND THEN. WELL, CAN’T WAIT TO SEE IT. AND BEST OF LUCK TO YOU AS IT CONTINUES TO MAKE ITS CIRCUIT SINGLE CAR CRASHES DEBUTS IN MILWAUKEE THIS SATURDAY AT THE ORIENTAL THEATER. AGAIN, AS YOU JUST HEARD FROM BRITTANY THERE. IT STARTS WITH A NETWORKING EVENT AT 11. THE FILM STARTS AT 12, AND THEN A DISCUSSION WITH AN AFTER PARTY. WE HAVE A LINK IF YOU’D LIKE TO BUY TICKETS RIGHT NOW ON WISN.COM. BRITTANY, THANKS FOR BEI