"We Expected for Pretty Much No One To See It": Justin Zuckerman on Yelling Fire in an Empty Theater

I first saw Justin Zuckerman’s Yelling Fire in an Empty Theater--the writer-director’s ultra-low-budget, MiniDV-shot feature debut--back in December at Williamsburg’s Spectacle Theater. I’d been invited on a whim by the film’s emerging producer Ryan Martin Brown, and I happened to be long overdue for a visit to the volunteer-run microcinema. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect, but was quickly charmed by Yelling Fire‘s humble yet lived-in digital aesthetic, impressively taut script ...