Beat Down

Festival Feature, 7:15PM Saturday

A down-on-his-luck schemer from a West Virginia boxing family comes home to borrow money from his mother, a two-time world champion, and winds up fighting in a rowdy amateur boxing competition.

“Beat Down is a raucous hybrid narrative film that blends fictionalized characters, real boxers, and an actual live event to offer a glimpse into the wild world of Appalachian boxing.”

Produced in Grafton, Beckley and Clarksburg WV

Director - Curren Sheldon

Curren Sheldon is an ASC Award-winning cinematographer and Academy Award nominated and two-time Emmy winning filmmaker. As a cinematographer, Sheldon has shots films that were acquired by Netflix, HBO, PBS, and NY Times, among others. His latest feature as Director of Photography, “King Coal,” screened at over 40 film festivals and resulted in best cinematography nominations at the Cinema Eye Honors, IDA Awards, Camerimage Film Festival, and a win at the ASC Awards for best documentary feature. His feature film directorial debut, "Country Brawlers" has screened at over a dozen film festivals.