This bittersweet slice-of-life period piece boasts the knock-out ensemble cast of Paul Rudd, Sarah Paulson, Maura Tierney, Ron Eldard, Josh Hamilton, Lauren Ambrose and Ken Marino, who also wrote the script. Set in a working-class community of clamdiggers on Long Island during the election year of 1976, director Katherine Dieckmann's Diggers is a heartfelt blend of comedy and drama, focusing on a tightly-knit cluster of friends forced to embrace sudden changes to their small-town way of life. Recalling character-driven period staples like The Last Picture Show, Diner and Breaking Away, the film’s mood of post-Vietnam and Watergate skepticism relates to the present-day temperament of our country, leavened with a healthy dose of lyricism, tenderness and humor.

Directed by Katherine Dieckmann

(USA / 2006 / 96 Minutes)

Q&A with the film’s director, Katherine Dieckmann, will follow screening

Writer-director Katherine Dieckmann has made four feature films (Strange Weather, Motherhood, Diggers, A Good Baby). She began her career as a journalist before going on to direct music videos for bands including R.E.M., Sharon Van Etten, Wilco and Aimee Mann. Dieckmann is a Professor of Professional Practice at Columbia University’s School of the Arts Film Program, where she teaches Screenwriting.

Courtesy of Magnolia Pictures

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