Quest
New Directors/New Films 2017
March 15 - 26, 2017
A chronicle of eight years in the lives of an African-American family in Philadelphia, beginning at the dawn of the Obama presidency, Jonathan Olshefski’s documentary Quest is an absorbing vérité epic, rooted in today’s political realities.
Jonathan Olshefski’s documentary chronicle of an African-American family living in Philadelphia is a powerful and uplifting group portrait rooted in today’s political realities. Beginning at the dawn of the Obama presidency, the film follows the Raineys: patriarch Christopher, who juggles various jobs to support his family and his recording studio; matriarch Christine’a, who works at a homeless shelter; Christine’a’s son William, who is undergoing cancer treatment while caring for his own son, Isaiah; and PJ, Christopher and Christine’a’s teenage daughter. A patient, absorbing vérité epic, Quest covers eight years filled with obstacles, trials, and tribulations.
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