Directed and written by: James Ponsoldt
Executive Producers : Robert Hariri, Maggie Meade, Meg Mortimer, Steve Kalafer
Producers : Scott Macaulay, Robin O'Hara
Cast : Nick Nolte, Trevor Morgan, Rosemarie DeWitt, Sonia Feigelson, Sally Kirkland, Timothy Hutton

Ray, a divorced high school umpire struggling for happiness during the prime years of his life, finds himself drunk, scared and alone. The one thing he can find solice in, is a connection with the most unlikely of people. In a devasting magnetic performance by Nick Nolte, Ray is the stuttering heart and soul of Off the Black. James Ponsoldt's fearless portrait of small-town lives in crisis, and acclaimed actor Nick Nolte utterly devastates us in the raging lead performance. Coaxing Ray's self-discoveries is the chance friendship he forces on troubled teen David, a local pitcher who can't refuse Ray's demands after being caught vandalizing the umpire's house. Ray strikes a deal to wash the slate clean with one request–David must go to Ray's fortieth high school reunion and pretend to be his son. Perceptions and realities then collide as the men find in each other the surrogate companionship obviously missing from their daily lives. Off the Black pulls us deep into the inner lives of its characters with each redemptive discovery, and exploring what it means to be a son, a father, a man...sometimes all at once.

Public Screenings:

Friday , Jan 20 -3:00 PM at the Eccles Theatre (Premiere – Red Carpet Arrivals will take place)
Saturday , Jan 21 - 3:30 PM at the Screening Room, Sundance Village
Sunday , Jan 22 - 6:30 PM at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, SLC
Wednesday , Jan 25 -5:30 PM at the Prospector Square Theatre