Sunday, October 6, 12:30pm; UNCSA’s ACE Theatre Complex
Director: Martha Stephens | USA | 2019 | 109 Mins | English
In the early 1960s in small-town Oklahoma, mousy Iris is the high-school pariah and the target of bullies. When edgy, confident Maggie moves to town, the two become unlikely friends. The more time that Iris and Maggie spend together, the more they find in their relationship: Maggie encourages Iris to be more assertive, and Iris offers Maggie a safe space to be herself. They connect through their vulnerability. But this is rural Oklahoma in the 1960s …