Stingray Sam  |   Sci-Fi/Comedy 
Directed by: Cory McAbee (narrated by David Hyde Pierce)
2009  |  1h 01m  |   USA   |   www.stingraysam.com

Stingray Sam is a six-episode musical-western mini-series that takes place in outer space.  A dangerous mission reunites Stingray Sam with his long lost accomplice, The Quasar Kid. Follow these two space convicts as they earn their freedom in exchange for the rescue of a young girl who is being held captive by the genetically designed figurehead of a very wealthy planet.

Screening Times: Whitaker Auditorium
Friday LATE NITE, 11:30pm  |   Saturday 1:15pm

About the Director: Cory is best known as the writer, director and lead actor of the award winning film, THE AMERICAN ASTRONAUT. In 2007, McAbee was selected by the Sundance Film Festival to create one of the first five short films used to launch new advances in mobile phone technology and entertainment. The film that McAbee created entitled RENO has become a worldwide favorite among mobile operators. As an actor, McAbee has appeared in such films as THE ONION MOVIE, Todd Rohal's THE GUATEMALAN HANDSHAKE, and Robert Edward's LAND OF THE BLIND starring Ralph Fiennes and Donald Sutherland. He has performed at Lincoln Center Theatre and the Guggenheim Museum as a lead musician for the Chinese opera, THE ORPHAN OF ZHAO. McAbee is an established singer, songwriter, illustrator, animator and musician. McAbee was born in the California bay area and currently resides in Brooklyn, NY.