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Synopsis
It seemed Celeste’s life was on a perfect fairy tale path. She excelled in a demanding job she loved with promotions forthcoming. Then there was her soul mate, Kyle. Theirs was a relationship on the fast track to optimal bliss or at least it seemed. No one could have foreseen the degree to which one person could change the whole trajectory of Celeste’s life, forever. But Kyle’s mother, Paula, had it in for Celeste the moment she laid eyes on the girl who would take away her one and only son from her. And Paula was not about to let that happen. So, it didn’t.
One year after the whole Kyle/Paula debacle and on her way to the most important meeting of her career, Celeste literally bumps into Paula at the airport. Due to bad weather, all ights are canceled forcing Celeste and Paula to share the only remaining rental car le in the airport from NYC to Washington, DC.
In a truly unexpected turn of events, Celeste discovers that Paula is months away from dying and until now, Paula has done a stupendous job of hiding her illness from everyone, including her own son, Kyle. Burdened with this heavy information, Celeste begins to soen to Paula all the while trying to convince her to tell Kyle about her illness. Paula slowly realizes that she misjudged Celeste and may have made a mistake getting between her and Kyle. As the two begin to create a bond of understanding, the inclement weather conditions force them to take a detour to Paula’s cousin’s house for the night. To both their surprise, there are additional house guests for the evening, Kyle and his new ancée! And to be expected, the proverbial crap hits the fan.
Bio
A visionary storyteller from Detroit, multiple award-winning director Christine Swanson earned her MFA in Film from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Christine also earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Notre Dame double majoring in Communications and Japanese. Christine’s movie directing credits include the network and cable television records breaking The Clark Sisters: The First Ladies of Gospel, starring Aunjanue Ellis. The film won “Best TV Movie” from the African American Film Critics Association and the Satellite TV Award for “Best Television Movie.” The film was nominated for five NAACP Image Awards including “Outstanding Directing in a Television Motion Picture” for Christine and a Critics’ Choice Awards Nomination for “Best Television Movie.” Christine has also directed All About You, All About Us, To Hell and Back, Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story (which broke network ratings as the most watched original movie in the network’s history) and For the the Love of Ruth, for which Christine earned an NAACP Image Award nomination for “Outstanding Directing in a Television Motion Picture.” In addition to writing the above movies, Christine was a screenwriter for Woman Thou Art Loosed. Christine’s television directing credits include episodes of Chicago P.D., FBI, P-Valley, MacGyver, All American, Roswell, New Mexico and Homecoming. Christine resides in LA with her husband and four amazing children.
Screening History
Roger Ebert Film Festival 2024
Awards History
Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival 2024 - Best Feature Film
BronzeLens 2024 - Best Feature Film
Eberfest 2024 - Best Feature Film
Credits
Actor - Renee Elise Goldsberry
Actor - Lynn Whitfield
Actor - J. Alphonse Nicholson
