When the Street Lights Go On

Director: Brett Morgen
Screenwriters: Chris Hutton, Eddie O'Keefe

Institute History

  • 2017 Sundance Film Festival

Description

In the summer heat of 1983, a string of unusual occurrences in a small Illinois town culminate with the shocking murders of a popular high school girl and her teacher. When a fellow student, and neighbor, discovers the bodies while riding his bike home one night, the quiet suburban lives of the town’s residents are irrevocably shaken.


Screens with Independent Pilot Showcase.

— Adam Montgomery

Screening Details

  • Section: Special Events
  • Film Type: Episodic
  • Country: U.S.A.
  • Run Time: 48 min.
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