The Special People

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This special limited edition slipcover is limited to 1,000 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

Art Label is the new outlet for envelope-pushing arthouse and experimental cinema. Growing from previous work under the Verboden Video and Culture Shock Releasing banners, Art Label is focusing on films that challenge traditional rules of form and content. Art Label is broadening its roots in horror and exploitation, reaching into other dimensions of expression to give new kicks to a well-versed audience of cinematic thrill seekers. Even the most hardened moviegoers will find stimulation in Art Label's releases.

The citizens of The Pink Forest stare into iridescent cubes and cannot look away. Apple, Bird, and Violet manage to break their trance. They experience the sensuality of fruit and each other in The Forest, but soon realize it is not enough. The Special People embark on a journey to bring the other citizens of The Forest back to consciousness by destroying the master cube, guarded by the formidable Overlords. Along the way, Apple gets separated from Bird and Violent, and must continue the journey alone. She encounters many obstacles, and learns that if she is to free the citizens of The Forest, she may have to sacrifice her own life.

Mostly recorded in a single room in Brooklyn, The Special People is the culmination of 15 years of creating video art that ranges from delightfully playful to daringly vulerable. Director Erica Schreiner built a sparkling, fantastical melange of sets and backdrops to create a stunningly rich world populated with wonderfully strange characters. The soft, ethereal visuals are underscored by an original score from co-star Johnny Dydo of the garage-tropicalia band The Johns.

directed by: Erica Schreiner
starring: Erica Schreiner, Johnny Dydo, Pan Ferguson, Stephanie Beattie, Matthew Silver
2021 / 120 min / 1.33:1 / English DTS-HD MA 2.0

Additional info:

• Region Free Blu-ray
• Feature length commentary by Erica Schreiner, moderated by Art Label
  
• Interview with co-star Stephanie Beattie
  
• Interview with co-star Matthew Silver
  
• Director Q&A from 2022 screening at the Clinton Street Theater in Portland
  
• Three music videos directed by Erica Schreiner:
  
  • “Blood Run Free” by The Johns
  • “Tara” by Toby Goodshank
  • “Stargate” by Lloyd Daylight
• Two trailers for The Special People
  
• Two Skye Project films, with introduction by Erica Schreiner
• English SDH subtitles