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In a small church somewhere in America, the parents of a school shooter meet the parents of one of their son’s victims years after the attack. A conversation ensues, one that this country is having and not having.
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The film and its characters journey painfully into the personal and existential grief we feel time and time again as these tragedies continue.
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The film takes place in a church, but the mass in question is the huddling of human bodies, for comfort and for connection.
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As the characters attempt to deconstruct their tragic lives, the film breaks down our preconceived notions of these crimes and their effects on all of us.
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CAST & CREW
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FRAN KRANZ WRITER & DIRECTOR CASEY WILDER MOTT EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Fran Kranz was born and raised in Los Angeles. He graduated from Yale Casey Wilder Mott is the Executive Director of the Argyros Performing ArtsCenter in University in 2004 and has been working as a professional actor ever since. Ketchum/Sun Valley, Idaho and is the founder/principal of 5BProductions. Casey’s He works in film, television and theater. Some of his more notable credits producing credits include the NASA/Google documentary The University, the A24 include The Cabin in the Woods, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Dollhouse, drama Hot Summer Nights starring Timothée Chalamet and his own directorial and Death of a Salesman on Broadway directed by Mike Nichols. debut A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Casey previously worked at the William Morris Agency and as Director of Development at Flashlight Films where he oversaw Mass will be his debut as both a writer and a director. He began developing development of Warner Bros. Sully (dir. Clint Eastwood) and Roadside Attractions the film after the shooting in Parkland, Florida in 2018. After extensive Trial By Fire (dir. Ed Zwick). research on school shootings, mass shootings, and other topics including South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission at the end of the Apartheid, Kranz began work on the screenplay.
He currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife and three year old daughter. LINDSEY MORAN PRODUCTION DESIGNER With over fifteen years of experience in the art department, Lindsey’s diverse credits include films such asThe Hunger Games and Peewee’s Big Holiday and television series such as Showtime’s Shameless, TNT’s Animal Kingdom, and CBC’s Schitt’s RYAN JACKSON-HEALY CINEMATOGRAPHER Creek. While maintaining a wide variety of work, Lindsey’s passion rests in focusing on scripted stories and the development of character driven design. Ryan began in still photography and documentary filmmaking before moving into narrative based cinematography. This will be his second feature since graduating from the AFI Conservatory’s cinematography program. The first film,First Person,is currently on its run on the festival circuit.
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MARTHA PLIMPTON GAIL BRENDA WOOL JUDY A dramatic actress of stage, screen, and television, Martha Plimpton was Breeda Wool is an actress, writer and producer. She is best known for her nominated for Tony awards for her work in The Coast of Utopia, Top Girls, roles as Lou Linklatter in the Audience crime drama series Mr. Mercedes and a revival of the musical Pal Joey. In 2010 she landed the part of the and Faith Deluth in the Lifetime/Hulu drama series UnREAL. mother on the FOX sitcom Raising Hope, a role that would garner her an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a comedy series.
(OFFER OUT TO) ANN DOWD LINDA REED BIRNEY RICHARD Ann Dowd is an American actress. She film work includes A24'sHereditary, Reed Birney is an American actor. He has worked both on Broadway and The Manchurian Candidate, Side Effects, The Informant!,and Garden State. Off-Broadway. In 2016, Birney won a Tony Award for his performance in Dowd appeared in the thriller filmCompliance , for which she received the the play The Humans and was nominated for a Tony Award in 2014 for his National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress. performance in Casa Valentina. He also won four Drama Desk Awards Dowd won the 2017 Emmy Award and Critics’ Choice Award for Best Supporting and three Obie Awards. Actress in a Drama Series for her performance on Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale. She was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, and Critics Choice Award for her work on the show. She received another Emmy JASON ISAACS JAY nomination for her performance on the HBO's The Leftovers. Jason Isaacs is an English actor and producer. He is best known for playing Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter film series, Colonel William Tavington in The Patriot, criminal Michael Caffee in Showtime'sBrotherhood , and Marshal TBD KENDRA & ANTHONY Georgy Zhukov in The Death of Stalin.
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