Chicago filmmaker’s debut explores how ‘Incredibly Small’ relationships can be

Chicago filmmaker’s debut explores how ‘Incredibly Small’ relationships can be

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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.

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