Prestige meets Lincoln meets North & South
Seen through the eyes of one of the most famous and handsome men of his time, who became one of the most infamous figures in American history, the tragic rivalry of two brothers and a country divided is told over the thirteen days John Wilkes Booth was on the run after assassinating President Abraham Lincoln.
Schindler's List meets The Courier
The true story of a Polish underground operative smuggled into and out of Nazi concentration camps during the beginning of WWII, in an effort to bring eyewitness accounts of the Holocaust to the United States and Allied powers, only to find his message falling on deaf ears.
Empire Records meets Euphoria
Five Gen X misfits pursue rock stardom while working at an indie record store in Atlanta during the musical convergence and social upheaval of 1990’s.
Hot Fuzz meets Grifters meets Schitt’s Creek
On their last job to steal enough money from the Catholic church to run off to Sicily before Y2K, a con artist couple posing as a Priest and his sister try desperately to escape a small town full of big secrets
The Hangover meets The 40-Year-Old Virgin set on a Secret Man-Camp Island
When a heartbroken comedian fails an attempted suicide, his best friends take him to a secret retreat run by a masculinity guru to get his mojo back; but when the guru’s daughter starts to fall for him, he must out-man the man-guru to win the daughter’s heart and get off the island alive.
Anchorman meets Forgetting Sarah Marshall if Sarah left Peter for a Woman
After seeing undercover footage of his wife cheating on him with a female rock star, a naive entertainment news anchor teams up an unlikely ally, a transgender lesbian relationship consultant to the stars; but when his wife runs off to the island of Lesbos, he must quickly learn deep truths about life, love, and sexuality before he loses his marriage and his career to the infamous, Cindy Lovelet.
Hot Fuzz meets The Grifters set in Rural America
Desperate to keep their secret and steal enough money from the church to run off to Sicily, a Priest and his mistress come under increasing suspicion for a wave of missing persons; but when they find out that the one person that can expose their deception is the one person the Sheriff should really be looking for, they must learn that secrets can’t be kept forever and that the townspeople have a secret of their own.
"When filmmaking and choreography are equally expressive that these movies gain full power, as in Susan Misner’s “Bend,” the most potent nine minutes of the festival." - New York Times
"Powerful and timely." - New Yorker Magazine
Written, Directed and Choreographed by Susan Misner.
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Short Film / Music Video Compilation for debut EP release from We Adore You.
Credits: Writer, Producer, Story By, Executive Producer
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