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Things Don't Stay Fixed

Things Don’t Stay Fixed follows a worldly photojournalist, Sam Grace (William Gregory Lee, “Mentalist”) as he returns home to the Deep South in an attempt to stop his daughter, Nina (Melissa Saint-Amand, “Ozark”), from marrying and destroying her future. Sam’s return home becomes more telling as he discovers that he’s the one that has been stuck in the past all along. The southern gothic drama highlights the pain of family struggles, while also painting a picture of one’s internal fight to let go of the past and look toward the future.

From director Bo Bartlett (Helga) and writer Sandra Deer, Things Don’t Stay Fixed also stars Tara Ochs (Selma) and Brenda Bynum (Sharky’s Machine).

Limited Theatrical release (Los Angeles, CA and Charleston, SC): 2.12.21

Available online 2.19.21 (Apple TV, Google Play, Prime Video, FandangoNOW and more)

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The AJC: Georgia Painter Bo Bartlett Makes His First Feature Film

“A Southern Gothic melodrama blends autobiography and fiction in the style of this American realist’s paintings.

Now, after this long and distinguished career in the visual arts, Bartlett has tested his creative mettle in a new realm. His 35-years-in-the-making film debut of ‘Things Don’t Stay Fixed’ is the product of a long desire to see his paintings “move” he says.

Written by former Alliance Theatre artistic director Sandra Deer and starring Atlanta actors Brenda Bynum, Tara Ochs, Melissa Saint-Amand and Desi Evans, ‘Things Don’t Stay Fixed’ centers on a restless photographer Sam Grace (William Gregory Lee) who returns to his southern hometown. He hopes to stop his daughter Nina (Saint-Amand) from what he sees as a misguided marriage.”

Please check out AJC’s full article here: Georgia painter Bo Bartlett makes his first feature film

Written by Felicia Feaster, For the AJC

heck out AJC’s full article here: Georgia painter Bo Bartlett makes his first feature film

Ledger Enquirer: How to watch Things Don't Stay Fixed

Things Don’t Stay Fixed follows a worldly photojournalist, Sam Grace (William Gregory Lee, “Mentalist”) as he returns home to the Deep South in an attempt to stop his daughter, Nina (Melissa Saint-Amand, “Ozark”), from marrying and destroying her future. Sam’s return home becomes more telling as he discovers that he’s the one that has been stuck in the past all along. The southern gothic drama highlights the pain of family struggles, while also painting a picture of one’s internal fight to let go of the past and look toward the future.

From director Bo Bartlett (Helga) and writer Sandra Deer, Things Don’t Stay Fixed also stars Tara Ochs (Selma) and Brenda Bynum (Sharky’s Machine).

Limited Theatrical release (Los Angeles, CA and Charleston, SC): 2.12.21

Available online 2.19.21 (Apple TV, Google Play, Prime Video, FandangoNOW and more)

Please check out the Ledger-Enquirer’s article: Made in Columbus with local talent, here’s how to watch Bo Bartlett’s first feature film

Please check out the Ledger-Enquirer’s article: Made in Columbus with local talent, here’s how to watch Bo Bartlett’s first feature film

Things Don't Stay Fixed | OFFICIAL 2021 TRAILER

Ineffable By Jesse Brass

As part of his ongoing series “Making Art”, director and filmmaker Jesse Brass of Brass Brothers Films has produced this beautiful documentary about American realist painter Bo Bartlett. Music courtesy of Century of Aeroplanes, Lee Rosevere, Betsy Eby & Jason Leonard. Poetry by T. S. Eliot.

Check out our artist talk for our exhibition, Jesse Brass Talk