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A drifter’s life takes a dramatic turn when he discovers a runaway member of a survivalist cult in the back of his truck.
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This film is a part of a shorts program. Please go to the program page to view available screening times.
Hannah Schierbeek
Hannah Schierbeek
Hannah Schierbeek
Trenton Davis
Alemberg Ang
Vincent Prochoroff
Brandon Bunner
Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan
Anika Ladero
Meghan Shannon
Henry Hawks
Keaton McQuarrie
Sam Howells
Eli Vidis Newman
Taika Augustaitis
Heather Evans
Prima Materia Pictures
Hannah Schierbeek
schierbeekhannah@gmail.com
Hannah Schierbeek is a Chicago-based writer-director known for her short films A Black Hole Near Kent County (Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival) and An Alternative Method (BFI Future Film Festival). Utilizing the North American Midwest as her cosmos, Schierbeek’s films explore intimate interpersonal stories backdropped by today’s socioecological dilemmas.
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