Filmmaker Tom Miller will tour Indiana with his 2015 film “One Day in April.”
Miller, an IU alumnus, created the feature-length documentary about four cyclist teams who competed in the 2013 and 2014 Little 500 races.
The film is “a bittersweet portrait of athletic competition in its purest, unadulterated form,” according to the “One Day in April” website.
It features the students in the months leading up to the race, including the struggle of balancing their training with classes and their social lives, according to the Life is My Movie press release.
“What I want for the film is for it to live as this portrait of youth in the Midwest and that it would give people who’ve never experienced Little 5 some insight to what makes it so special,” Miller said in the release.
The documentary, which had its Bloomington debut in April 2015 at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater, was also featured at the Heartland Film Festival, Indy Film Festival and Cinequest Film Festival.
Miller is returning to Bloomington for a screening of the film at 7 p.m. April 8 in the Ryder Film Series.
All proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to the “One Day in April” Scholarship Fund, which supports IU students interesting in filmmaking.
In the film, “the expansive narrative of friendship, failure and redemption plays out across a cast of characters that includes grizzled veterans, rookies trying to find their spot and coaches who work hard and remain devoted to the Little 500,” according to the website.
Brooke McAfee
