It’s the Nineties. The Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G. feud dominates hip-hop. The O.J. Simpson trial tinges every conversation on race. And In Living Color and The Cosby Show provide alternative views on what it means to be black in America.

MILKSHAKE follows the tragic sex life of Jolie Jolson (Tyler Ross), a wannabe thug (and great-great-grandson of legendary vaudevillian Al Jolson) in suburban DC as he strives to become something he can never be – black. When a spot opens up on the basketball team shortly after he finds a girlfriend already pregnant with someone else’s baby, he feels he is almost there. This dark urban comedy lets no one escape its satire as it exposes the racist underside to suburban mall culture.

Join Austin Film Festival and David Magee, writer of “Life of Pi” and “Finding Neverland”, for a conversation on adaptation, writing for imaginative worlds, and using language to articulate enchanting stories that have been so beautifully translated to the screen. A master of capturing narratives that truly convey the art and craft of storytelling, Magee will discuss his process and philosophies on writing. Following this Conversation in Film will be a special retrospective screening of “Finding Neverland” and post-screening Q&A.

Join Austin Film Festival for a free Advance Screening of THE INTERNSHIP starring Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson. Vaughn and Wilson are two salesman whose careers have been sunk by the digital age. They find their way into a coveted internship at Google and once there they must compete with a group of young, tech-savvy geniuses for a shot at employment.