OverUnder SidewaysDown (1977)

A dramatic feature from Cine Manifest OverUnder SidewaysDown explores the politics of everyday life in America The film centers on a workingclass couple Roy and Jan Stennis played by Robert Viharo and Sharon Goldman who live with their two children in a cramped tract home An assembly line worker in a steel plant Roy entertains the escapist fantasy of moving from the local semipro baseball team for which he plays third base to the big leagues Its just a matter of being in the right place at the right time he figures However when Roy simultaneously loses his job by being at the right place at the right time coming to the defense of a black coworker and thus being branded a troublemaker and his one chance to impress an interested baseball scout his life begins to unravel The strains on his marriage increase intensified by Jans decision to take a job and Roy begins to isolate himself both from his family and his fellow workers