Elizabeth Cook's 'The Easy Kind' Oscar-Qualifying Run

0:00On April 28th, Katie Chavinier's first narrative feature, The Easy Kind, just got picked up by persimmon pictures for an Oscar qualifying run at the IFC. Center starting June 3rd, followed by a wider release in Digital Drop in August. The movie stars country singer Elizabeth Cook, playing a version of herself, a midlife artist pushing against an industry that never really got her. Vibe, complete with her original track, The Easy Kind, that's gunning for a best original song nod at next year's Oscars. It premiered at the Telluride Film Festival, where persimmon snapped it up through a deal with, visit films, and Chavinier drew from watching Cook, Kill, It, during a Nashville residency back in 2016. She's joined by a solid supporting cast, including Susie Esman, David Letterman, Karen Allen, Charles Eston, Melissa Jackson, and Catherine Curtin, marking Chavinier's shift from her Emmy-winning docs like home, to scripted storytelling, expect some Q&A's with guests during the New York screenings, setting the stage for Cook to break through on her own

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