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Glaciers

2021 · 37 min

A quiet, heavy look at grief and single fatherhood that sits with you long after it ends.

Directed by
Bralyn Stokes, Ashley Love-Mills
Genres
Drama
Starring
Bralyn Stokes, Taylor Novak, Kariss Forte
Overview
Robby Miller (Bralyn Stokes), a former army soldier leaves the military after his wife's sudden death to raise his son JJ (Jackson Hammer). As the pressures of single fatherhood and his wife's death start to build, Robby finds himself in a place he never thought he'd be.

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Directed by
Bralyn Stokes, Ashley Love-Mills
Genres
Drama
Starring
Bralyn Stokes, Taylor Novak, Kariss Forte
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • parenthood
  • trauma
  • isolation
  • healing
Places
  • home
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour1
Realism9
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Bralyn Stokes, Ashley Love-Mills
Written by
Bralyn Stokes
Starring
Bralyn Stokes, Taylor Novak, Kariss Forte, Susan McPhail
Runtime
37 min

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