Early adulthood is often an opportunity to really stretch out and find one's place. But it can be hard to dodge reality and the constraints of life: employment – or a lack thereof, the cost of living, relationships. The tension between freedom and responsibility is at the core of Incredibly Small, the feature-length film debut from Dean Peterson. The movie premieres Friday, July 22 in Chicago at the Gene Siskel Film Center. But first, Dean Peterson spoke with Eight Forty-Eight.

Music Button: Bishop Allen, "Butterfly Nets," from the release Bishop Allen and the Broken Strings (Dead Oceans Records)