Arresting Gena

Gena (Aesha Waks) is a 16-year-old girl whose mother has fallen into a coma; with her immediate family unable to watch over her, it's decided that she'll spend the summer with her Uncle John (Paul Lazar). Gena takes a part-time job at a beauty parlor and makes friends with a girl named Jane (Summer Phoenix). Jane, however, is not an especially good influence; she's a recent runaway from... (read more) a halfway house and is looking for her missing brother Sonny (Sam Rockwell), a convicted felon. When Jane disappears, Gena searches for her and is led into a netherworld of drugs, crime, gang violence, and sexual initiation. This independent drama was screened at the 1997 Sundance Film Festival; Heather Matarazzo of Welcome to the Dollhouse appears in a supporting role. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Cast:

• Nick Sandow
• Dan Moran
• J. Smith-Cameron
• Kirk Acevedo
• Brendan Sexton III
• Paul Lazar
• Sam Rockwell
• Summer Phoenix
• Aesha Waks

Director(s):

Hannah Weyer

Writer(s):

Hannah Weyer

Producer(s):

Margot Bridger, Ted Hope