Miles Ahead

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In Miles Ahead, a sterling debut worthy of Terrence Malick's Badlands, writer-directors Dylan Trivette and Matt Zboyovski present a striking and sensitive tale about coming of age, expanding horizons and learning the true power of talent. Taking advantage of the beautiful, and sometimes haunting, backdrop of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, the story follows young Miles Williams (played by the impressive Ben Allison, Cold Mountain), an aspiring writer who, with college just around the corner, spends his summer silently pondering his future through thoughts and visions of past memories. Bursting with new and fresh talent, Miles Ahead is an intimate and visually striking story that finds beauty and excitement in the most deceptively quiet moments of life. It is independent filmmaking at its most affecting and original. Fernando F. Croce EMERGING MAVERICKS & NEW VISIONS