Movie
John & Jen
2020 · 91 min
A quiet, song-driven drama that moves between memory and loss, asking you to sit with grief and family fractures.
- Directed by
- Edward Carignan
- Starring
- Dionysia Williams, Hunter Minor
- Overview
- This is the story of Jen and her relationships with the two Johns of her life: her younger brother, who was killed in Vietnam, and his namesake, the son who is trying to find his way in a confusing world. Jen and her younger brother, John, are growing up in the ever-changing world of mid-century America. As the country becomes divided over the war in Vietnam, so does the family, and battle lines are drawn between the once-close siblings. When John is killed in Vietnam, Jen is left to reconcile her memory of their fractured relationship along with her son and brother's namesake.
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- Directed by
- Edward Carignan
- Starring
- Dionysia Williams, Hunter Minor
