I'll try all sorts of low budget indies hoping for hidden gems and a friend stumbled onto this and forced me to watch it with them. They are no longer my friend.
I will readily admit up front to being biased, as I have lived in Humboldt County CA for many decades and am both familiar with the unique evolution of the "industry" and the lifestyle so entertainingly depicted, but I also know many of the extremely talented actors and musicians that reside in our little slice of heaven here behind the Redwood Curtain. That such a polished and professional film grew here organically from a held-over multi-year hit stage production of our internationally known Dell'Arte Theater Academy to a brilliant screenplay is no surprise.
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