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SHORT FILM
2018

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Rachel and her boyfriend, a pair of Brooklynites, decide to try their hand at farming on an isolated sheep ranch. When an animal dies under her watch, Rachel is pushed to prove her worth.  




OFFICIAL SELECTION:
Brooklyn Film Festival 2018** (world premiere) 
Indie Street Film Festival 2018
North Bend Film Festival 2018 
Middlecoast Film Festival 2018
Citizen Jane Film Festival 2018
Front Range Film Festival 2019
Victoria Texas Independent Film Festival 2019
**Awarded Outstanding Achievement for Best Screenplay
Featured virtually on Women & Film and BOOOOOOOM!

Written and Directed by Marina Michelson
Produced by Devin Shepherd, Nora Unkel, Simran Mahal, Marina Michelson, and Meryl Jones Williams
in association with Destro Films and Script Pipeline
Cinematography by Lowell A. Meyer
Edited by Sam Fuller
Production Design by Eloise Ayala
Original Score by Igor Kogan
Sound Design by Chase Everett

Starring Meryl Jones Williams as Rachel, Dan Pfau as Daniel, and Julie Eccles-Benson as Margaret

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Rachel, a former Brooklynite, has persuaded her boyfriend to take a stab at farming on an abandoned sheep ranch. But the dream of self-reliance reveals itself to be a harsher reality and strains their relationship. When a sheep dies under their watch, Rachel becomes determined to deal with the remains and in doing so, prove her worth.

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