Not This Part of the World

Set on a single day, when former students of Boise High School learn a classmate was killed in a drive-by shooting while doing charity work in South Central LA. They try to remember her as they struggle to find a purpose for their own lives.

Not This Part of the World is based on a play by Downhouse Productions that was a production in 1993 at the George Street Playhouse.^[2] The film adaptation was shot over 27 days in areas south of Kuna^[3] and in Boise, Idaho, with a local cast including Adam West and Matt Letscher. It was funded by $65,000 in cash and $190,000 in donations,^[4] including a $34,000 grant from the U S West Foundation, the Whittenberger Foundation and Boise State University. Schools Superintendent Anne Fox objected the grant to the Idaho State Department of Education for the film's brief nudity.^[5][6] David Klein worked on the film around his schedule for Mallrats, sharing credit with Jeffrey D. Smith.^[7] Atlakson said the film's purpose was to boost filmmaking opportunities in Idaho^[8] for the first time in 70 years,^[9] since the Nell Shipman-era,^[10] something West agreed with.^[11]

The film premiered at the Flicks Theater in Boise on October 6, 1995, with a limited release^[12][1] and later screened at the Long Island Film Festival^[13] and Sundance Film Festival.^[11] It was shopped at the Independent Feature Film Market.^[4]

Not This Part of the World won Best First Feature Film at Long Island Film Festival.^[8] Laura Delgado at The Arbiter said some of the dialogue scenes were lengthy but one particular scene with a stuntman was worth the cost.^[14]