QUEST: A Portrait of an American Family
Directed by Jonathan Olshefski
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Overview
- Genre
- Portrait, Social Issues, Music, and Minorities
- Synopsis
Filmed with vérité intimacy for nearly a decade, QUEST is the moving portrait of the Rainey family living in North Philadelphia. Beginning at the dawn of the Obama presidency, Christopher "Quest" Rainey, and his wife, Christine'a "Ma Quest" raise a family while nurturing a community of hip hop artists in their home music studio. It's a safe space where all are welcome, but this creative sanctuary can't always shield them from the strife that grips their neighborhood. Epic in scope, QUEST is a vivid illumination of race and class in America, and a testament to love, healing and hope.
- Stage
- finished
- Running time
- 104 and 82 minutes
Credits
- Jonathan Olshefski ... Director, Director of Photography, Sound
Production Details
- Prod. Co.
- Quest Fury Sound LLC
- Country
- United States
- Years of Production
- 2007 - 2017
- Locations
- Philadelphia
- Prod. Partners
- ITVS, American Documentary | POV
Distribution Details
- Release year
- 2017
- Festivals
- Sundance, True False, New Directors / New Films, Hot Docs, Full Frame, Sheffield, Camden, IDFA
- Awards
- Truer Than Fiction Award | 2018 Independent Spirit Awards
- Broadcast (Prod.)
- American Documentary | POV
- Broadcast (Acq.)
- BBC, France TV2
- Language
- English
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