Yesterday I previewed the upcoming Nashville Film Festival. One of the Must Sees from last year’s NashFilm is now available on Netflix – David Fortune’s emotionally powerful drama Color Book.
After the sudden death of his wife, Lucky (William Catlett) is left to parent their son Mason (Jeremiah Daniels), who has Down syndrome. Now grieving and trying to make ends meet on a one income, Lucky faces the unrelenting struggles of single parenting – why does everything have to be so hard?
Although he has a hard time asking for help, in many ways, Lucky is the ideal dad – affectionate, patient and consistent. Lucky wants to thrill Mason with his first major league baseball game, but, on the way, the two get a bigger dose of Atlanta’s transit system than they would ever want. The journey is far more more meaningful than is the destination.
Atlanta writer-director David Fortune has won eight festival awards in the US and France with his inaugural film. The black and white cinematography by Nikolaus Dummerer is exquisite.
Without a hint of sentimentality, Color Book is authentic and endearing. Color Book is now streaming on Netflix.