PAULA and JAMIE are on their way to Thebes—Thebes, Kentucky that is. As Paula drives Jamie through the Midwest, they make a few stops along the way that deepen their relationship. Their romantic night reaches its peak at the drive-in movie theatre. Near the end of their journey, Paula wants nothing more than for Jamie to change her mind about seeking revenge on her father. Jamie, prioritizing her own trauma, tells Paula that they will continue on to her father’s house…

Josalynn Smith is a queer black American filmmaker based in Brooklyn, NY. A graduate of Columbia University’s Film MFA program, her thesis short, “Something in the Water” (2019), received the Sloan Foundation’s Production Grant. Additionally, Josalynn is the recipient of the Jesse Thompkins III Screenwriting Award from Columbia and spent time as an artist-in-residence at the Catwalk Institute. Her shorts and a feature documentary on which she served as a narrator and videographer have screened at St. Louis International Film Festival, Inside Out Film Festival, Queer Fest St. Louis, and others. Josalynn was a finalist at the Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards for her pilot script “Outside the Beltway,” and a SAGIndie finalist for her feature script “Ride or Die” at Stowe Story Lab. Currently, she’s incubating another feature script, “Something in the Water,” as an SFFILM Sloan Science in Cinema Filmmaker Fellow.