Local filmmaker Jamie Sisley’s feature film Stay Awake is back on the big screen. The semi-autobiographical story draws on the UVA grad’s childhood in Chantilly and Leesburg, near the well-known drug trafficking corridor along Interstate 81, and follows two brothers (Wyatt Oleff and Fin Argus) as they desperately try to handle their mother’s (Chrissy Metz) struggle with addiction. A discussion with Sisley follows a viewing of the film, which was a spotlight screening at last year’s Virginia Film Festival.
Friday 10/13. $9, 6:30pm. Light House Studio at Vinegar Hill Theatre, 220 W. Market St. lighthousestudio.org
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