SWEET STAR GRIEF

The Story

Lifelong best friends Nick and Jody are two suburban-middle-class, all-American boys whose relationship deepens as they begin to explore their sexual feelings with each other as teenagers.

Nick is confused by his attraction to Jody, and Jody struggles with his gender dysphoria.

When Jody comes out as Jodi to Nick, Nick commits an act of betrayal that results in Jodi being sent away to live with her father.

Jodi and Nick do not meet again for 15 years…

…Today, Jodi has returned home to care for her elderly mother who has severe dementia. Nick and his young daughter, Natalie, are coping with the recent suicide of Nick’s wife and Natalie’s mother, Rachel.

As Jodi struggles to reconcile with her mother who doesn’t remember her, and Nick and Natalie piece their lives back together after their tragedy, Jodi and Nick reconnect and discover together the healing power of family and true love.

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The Filmmakers

Writer/Director

Bowie Nichols

Bowie Nichols is a filmmaker, painter, photographer, and radical humanist.

Born Steve Nichols Smith in Columbia, Missouri, and raised in Oklahoma City, he found home in Atlanta, made a detour to Texas, fell in love in Los Angeles, made a baby in Las Vegas, and returned home to Atlanta to become Bowie.

His short films have screened at film festivals and on television all over the world. His paintings have sold to collectors from Los Angeles to New York City and everywhere in between.

www.bowienichols.com

Producer

Ava Davis

Ava Davis is a trans actress, producer, and writer living in Atlanta, Georgia. She is an advocate for increasing trans and queer representation, especially that of black and other minorities. She founded her production company, Studio Vosges, in 2019 with the expressed purpose of telling the stories of queer and trans (GSM) black, brown, and beige people.

In 2021, Ava was awarded a fellowship by the Sundance Institute and took part in the Institute's inaugural Trans Possibilities Intensive, highlighting the work of transgender filmmakers of color.

In 2022, Ava was named to the board of the prestigious Out On Film film festival in Atlanta, one of the oldest LGBTQ+ film festivals in the country.

www.theavadavis.com

The Cast

BOWIE NICHOLS