“Oleander” – Kate Hackett

by cinemafemme

December 5, 2020

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A seventeen year old sex-positive YouTuber starts a social media war against her abstinence program. Stars Emily Robinson (Transparent), Peri Gilpin (Frasier), and Jennifer Lafleur (Room 104).

Winner, Best Director, Short Film – The Method Fest.
Winner, Levin Grand Prize – Wheaton Film Festival.

Directed by Kate Hackett, who won an editing Emmy for “Cheer”. Kate is also known for editing Netflix’s “Last Chance U”, and the Sundance documentary “Half The Picture”.

“Oleander” is based on a feature film screenplay, “Purify My Heart”, which was a finalist in the American Zoetrope Screenwriting contest.

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