NORTH STAR

From Executive Producer, Andrew Carlberg, producer of Academy Award® Winner SKIN and Academy Award® Nominee FEELING THROUGH comes NORTH STAR.

Writer/Director, P.J. Palmer tells the story of a middle-aged gay couple living in rural-America. Colman Domingo (Zola, Lincoln, Euphoria) plays James, a patriotic man, a good partner and hard-working rancher with a husband, Craig, played by Malcolm Gets (Caroline in the City, Grey Gardens) who is dying at home. Craig's sister, Erin, played by Audrey Wasilewski (Mad Men, Big Love), arrives unannounced to take her brother to spend his last days with his "real" family. While televangelists, played by Laura Innes (ER, Deep Impact) and Kevin Bacon (Footloose, Mystic River, The Woodsman), push shame, fear, and division as the cornerstones of faith. Chris Sheffield (The Block Island Sound, The Maze Runner) rounds out the cast as Mike, who arrives to help James make a heartbreaking sacrifice.

NORTH STAR unites themes of loss, dedication, isolation, and family, while using love as its true North in ways that opens a dialogue about the dignity of marriage, the meaning of family, and the power of love. This film is meant to bring deep-seated blind spots into focus. This story is not about ‘those people.’ It’s about all of us.