72 Minutes/2007/Color/Stereo/USA
Inspired by fallen civilizations and dystopian futures, Frank V. Ross’s Hohokam takes place during an average week in the lives of Lori (Allison Latta) and her boyfriend Anson (Anthony Baker). Familiar enough to pop each other’s zits, yet not completely settled into a long-term relationship, they are still mapping out boundaries and adjusting to each other’s idiosyncrasies. They bicker a lot, but mostly about little things. Love is certainly there between them, but they make each other work for it. Following in the tradition of Mike Leigh’s family dramas, Hohokam catches us up in its characters’ daily grinds, while tuning into the smallest, most profound opportunities for freedom and release scattered amid the repetitiveness and the wear and tear of 9-to-5 living.
“[Hohokam] has all the intimacy and laser-like detail you might expect from a ‘small’ film but plenty of inventiveness & curveballs, as well as a jaunty jazz score, exotic animals, and a gun in the first act! An “under your skin” movie.” – Andrew Bujalski, filmmaker (Funny Ha Ha, Support the Girls)
