Short film

Little Genes
2026 · 16 min
A quiet, tender camping trip where a teenager's need to be seen meets his parents' struggle to understand, watched with gentle patience.
- Directed by
- Amy Redford, Skye Emerson
- Starring
- Amy Redford, Tyler Glenn, Zack Burger
- Overview
- In 1987, on a weekend camping trip in Utah's beautiful Wasatch Mountains, fourteen-year-old Arlo Murphy is eager to prove he can be a world explorer scout like his Dad, while his parents grapple with Arlo's gender identity.
- How it feels
- Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Identity, family, parenthood, coming-of-age
- Content
- Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Amy Redford, Skye Emerson
- Starring
- Amy Redford, Tyler Glenn, Zack Burger

