THE ART OF SELF-DEFENSE directed by Riley Stearns (featuring Jesse Eisenberg, Alessandro Nivola, Imogen Poots) is set for a world premiere at the SXSW film festival.
The dark comedy “The Art of Self-Defense” stars Jesse Eisenberg and is set in the world of karate. Eisenberg plays a man who is attacked at random on the street and enlists in a local dojo, led by a charismatic and mysterious Sensei (Nivola), in an effort to learn how to defend himself.