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Dec 04, 2019 By Christopher Roberts Carrie Brownstein

The lineup for the 2020 Sundance Film Festival was announced today and among them is The Nowhere Inn, in which St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark) and Carrie Brownstein of Sleater-Kinney play versions of themselves. Clark and Brownstein co-wrote the film together, which was directed by Bill Benz. The film will premiere in the festival’s Midnight series.

Here’s how the Sundance website describes the film: “When St. Vincent sets out to make a documentary about her music, the goal is to both reveal and revel in the unadorned truth behind her on-stage persona. But when she hires a close friend to direct, notions of reality, identity, and authenticity grow increasingly distorted and bizarre.”

Clark produced Sleater-Kinney’s The Center Won’t Hold album, which came out in August.

St. Vincent’s last album of original music was 2017’s MASSEDUCTION, which was followed by 2018’s MassEducation, a stripped down version of the album.

Don’t forget that Sleater-Kinney is on one of the two covers of our current print issue, the My Favorite Album Issue, in which we interview each of them about The Center Won’t Hold and their all-time favorite album.

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THE NOWHERE INN! The film I co-wrote and co-star in with my bff, @carrie_rachel, got into @sundanceorg ! Directed by the amazing @billbenz! I also scored it. But, duh.

A post shared by St. Vincent (@st_vincent) on Dec 4, 2019 at 1:13pm PST

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So honored and grateful that The Nowhere Inn, a movie I co-wrote and starred in with one of my best friends, made it into @sundanceorg. Very excited for the opportunity to have people see this labor of love. Directed by the insanely talented, @billbenz. @st_vincent !!! ❤️????

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