I WAS IN YOUR BLOOD

7-year-old Eric idolizes his babysitter Melanie. He wants to look like her, move like her. He wants to become a part of her. And in a psychedelic dream, he gets his wish: he travels inside of Melanie’s body.

Director’s Bio
Joseph Sackett is an award-winning filmmaker who has written, directed, and produced projects that have screened in competition at Festival de Cannes, Atlanta International Film Festival, and Oak Cliff Film Festival among others. He is an MFA candidate at NYU Graduate Film.

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MATINEE TWO

The Nitehawk Shorts Festival’s MATINEE TWO screening includes eight films that imbue life and death as explored in stories about finite mortality, complex relationships, and exceeding expectations in an oppressive world.