North Starr
# North Starr

North Starr is a 2008 film directed by Matthew Stanton.

It was scheduled to compete in the Dramatic Competition at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.

## Plot

A young African American man living in Houston witnesses his best friend's brutal murder, then flees to the small, racially intolerant, backwater town of Trublin.

## Cast

* Jerome Hawkins as Demetrious
* Matthew Stanton as Darring Clements
* Chris Sullivan as Sprit
* Isaac Lamb as T.J.
* Zack Johnson as Justin
* Wayne Campbell as Wayne

## Reception

Justin Chang of Variety described the movie as "a messy Texas stew of racial tension, personal liberation and murder-in-retrospect detective story." He praised the likable characters but criticized the "self-indulgent" first-time director's work. James Greenberg of The Hollywood Reporter called it "long on passion and somewhat lacking in execution," stressing the lack of experience on the part of the producer-director-writer-actor Matthew Stanton.

