Carmen Patterson

Chronicles the making of Richard Stringham's first feature, 'Close Calls', from conception to completion. Features behind-the-scenes footage, production stills, and interviews with cast and crew.

Mable Manden, the wealthy matriarch of the Manden family, is dead. Now her relatives, a group of misfits and idiots, are in a mad dash to the death for all her money. Can the unorthodox detective Nemo Smithfield solve the mystery before the entire Manden clan winds up dead?

Claire has dark secrets. She’s haunted by a past she has trouble remembering. Trapped in a house she can’t escape. Pursued by something she doesn’t understand. Haunted by a past she can’t remember, with only a young version of herself to show her the way in this haunting non-linear telling of a story inspired by actual events.

Morgan, a troubled, drug-addled teen, must deal with her crazy grandma and a psycho caller when her father leaves her home alone. As the calls keep coming in, a paranoid Morgan is forced to face some of her worst fears and inner demons when she believes everyone she knows is either plotting against her - or trying to kill her.

When a high school teacher is asked a question in class about Jesus, her reasoned response lands her in deep trouble and could expel God from the public square once and for all.