Smoke Signal to host screening of PV alum’s documentary
‘Life with Layla’ showing to help raise money for national screening
(Editor’s Note: The phrase “a drug-addicted family” has been corrected to “a family struggling with substance abuse” to better characterize the situation.)
The Smoke Signal will be sponsoring a screening of Pascack Valley 2008 alum Ken Spooner’s 2019 documentary “Life with Layla” as a fundraiser for the film to gain a national audience. The documentary will be shown in the PV auditorium on Tuesday, Nov. 5, at 7 p.m. Entry is $5, and Spooner, who co-directed and co-produced the film, will be on hand with his associates for a Q & A following the screening.
“Life with Layla,” which was released on May 4, 2019, tells the story of a 7-year-old New Jersey girl who is surrounded by a family struggling with substance abuse. After losing her aunt to opioid addiction, Layla and her family attempt to prevent her uncle from going down that same path.
ReelAbilities Film Festival NJ co-presented “Life with Layla” with the Montclair Film Festival and NJTV on May 4. The documentary went on to win the New Jersey Films Award which honors a select group of films made by New Jersey artists, according to Baristanet.
For more information about this upcoming event, please email The Smoke Signal at [email protected].
Premiering my first feature film, ##LifeWithLayla at the @MontclairFilm festival May 4th! Tickets available to the public on April 12th!
— Kenny Spooner (@KenSpooner) April 8, 2019
Sarah Shapiro is a senior who has been in The Valley Echo since her freshman year. She became an editor in her junior year and editor-in-chief in her...
