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Filmmaker Magazine ~ Slamdance winning “Palookaville”
Striking that melancholy-comedic balance while incorporating fantastical and surreal elements.
— Filmmaker Magazine
TALKHOUSE FILM “One Long Day on the MTA”
VARIETY
The most intriguing project in the lineup.
— Bad Left Hook
Joe Louis, surrealism and Slamdance
With idiosyncratic music choices, sibling chemistry out the wazoo, and a philosophical Brooklynite as the series lead Palookaville explores the surreal existence of JoJo, a man victimized by a random act of violence who now thinks he’s the famous defunct boxer/anti-fascist, Joe Louis.

Will you believe that JoJo’s become the Brown Bomber? Doesn’t matter, because you will believe in Palookaville.
— Slamdance Jury Notes
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