I’ll Be There | Official Trailer | Drama

I plan to watch this over the holiday weekend. It looks very interesting! ~ V

An Inspirational Story!

I’ll Be There, written and directed by University of Texas professors, Cindy McCreery (writer) and Andrew Shea (director), (is) the tender family drama about a family reckoning with its traumatic past is the throwback type of original storytelling that the Austin Film Festival was created to showcase.

~ Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman

You’re captivated from beginning to end with this film, courtesy of the magnificent direction of Andrew Shea and the majestic writing of Cindy McCreery and all of these elements work to combine to provide the viewer… with a deeply personal viewing experience.

One that truly calls to us and leaves us wondering what we should do with our own family concerns and troubles or celebrate what is in front of us. For we only get one family in this life, and it is important we remember that.”

~ John Edward Betancourt, Nerds That Geek

McCreery’s script may be set against a backdrop of one of pop culture’s most memorable moments, but its tender examination of what it means to be family has a definite timelessness to it.”

~ Richard Whittaker, Austin Chronicle

I’ll Be There | Official Trailer | Drama ~ Video via BondIt Media Capital / Buffalo 8

Synopsis:

When heroes fall, families rise. Journey into Grace’s world as her blended family navigates life against the surreal backdrop of a childhood hero’s death.

As the youngest of five children, Grace’s blended family was never easy to explain to her friends. As soon as graduation came around, she left the confusion and rawness of her home life behind. When the film finds her more than a decade later, she has built a new life for herself in Los Angeles and cemented her place as the outsider of the family. But her new life is upended when she learns that her older brother AJ has cancer and her now estranged family comes to town to support him.

The film is set during the days after Michael Jackson’s death in the Los Angeles hospital that is next door to the L.A. Coroner’s Office, where the King of Pop was autopsied. As we unravel the family’s traumatic past, the pivotal role AJ played as Grace’s protector, and the chasm that now exists between them as adults, Grace comes to terms with the ghosts of her past and her former role as the family’s “Golden Child.”

Michael Jackson played an important role in the siblings’ childhoods and the irony of the timing isn’t lost on Grace. As she tries to reconcile her complicated relationships with her siblings, she’s also saying goodbye to the icon who was the soundtrack to that chapter of her life.

Starring: Jasmine Batchelor as Grace (Law and Order SVU, Law and Order Organized Crime, The Surrogate); Ryan Cooper as AJ (And Just Like That…, Rough Night); Dorien Wilson (The Parkers, A Wesley Christmas), Victoria Kelleher (This is Us, Ghosted, The Flight Attendant); Celestina Harris (Special Ops: Lioness, Dr. Death); Donny Boaz (The Staircase, All American)

The film is available on Amazon Prime and Apple for rent and purchase.

Jasmine Batchelor On New Movie “I’ll Be There”, Her Screenwriting & Working With Hollywood Legends!
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