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Ado

2025 · 16 min

A short, suffocating plunge from playful rehearsal into dread, leaving you shaken long after its brief runtime ends.

Directed by: Sam Henderson
Genres: Drama
Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Zach Lane, Karis Henderson

Tagline: A Hero's Tale
Overview: Ms. Hopkins is rehearsing Much Ado About Nothing with her middle school theatre class when it is interrupted by a school shooter.

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Directed by: Sam Henderson
Genres: Drama
Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Zach Lane, Karis Henderson

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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: violence
trauma
education
fate
survival
Places: school
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	5
Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	0
Tension	9
Darkness	8
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	9

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Sam Henderson
Written by: Sam Henderson, Ryan Romine
Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Zach Lane, Karis Henderson, Lucas Krystek
Cinematography: Eric Branco
Runtime: 16 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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