63 Miles Away Poster

63 Miles Away: Directed by Emma Josephson. With Alyssa Palomo, Manny Colin, Naiya Amilcar, Kiah Mahala Hart. 63 Miles Away is based fifteen years in the future, when jobs are harder to find conveniently located close to your family and schools often shut down because if under-funding. Many of the issues we have in our world today a amplified. In this world, it's normal for parents to commute hours into the city to not only work, but have to buy any groceries or resources they need at high costs. The prices of resources especially fresh produce have gone up and this leaves the two main characters, Ryland (14) and Aiden (8) alone to fend for themselves the majority of the time. Nina their mom works as a nurse sixty-three miles away in traffic from their suburban home. The film highlights the day to day life of these kids and the inspiration is sourced from relevant economic issues facing our schools, cities and families today.