My Dead Friend Zoe

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MY DEAD FRIEND ZOE is a dark comedy drama that follows the journey of Merit, a U.S. Army Afghanistan veteran who is at odds with her family thanks to the presence of Zoe, her dead best friend from the Army. Despite the persistence of her VA group counselor, the tough love of her mother and the levity of an unexpected love interest, Merit's cozy-dysfunctional friendship with Zoe keeps the duo insulated from the world. That is until Merit's estranged grandfather—holed up at the family's ancestral lake house—begins to lose his way and is need of the one thing he refuses... help. At its core, this is about a complicated friendship, a divided family and the complex ways in which we process grief.

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Kyle Hausmann-Stokes

My Dead Friend Zoe

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Sonequa Martin-Green

My Dead Friend Zoe

Credits

Director:

Kyle Hausmann-Stokes

Executive Producer:

Travis Kelce, Ed Harris, Sonequa Martin-Green, Natalie Morales, Jeff Annison, David Baxter, Brandi Plants, Nancy Masterson, Joe Masterson, Igor Tsukerman

Producer:

Paul Scanlan, Kyle Hausmann-Stokes, Terri Lubaroff, Ray Maiello, Mike Field, Richard Silverman, Robert Paschall Jr.

Screenwriter:

Kyle Hausmann-Stokes, AJ Bermudez

Cinematographer:

Matt Sakatani Roe

Editor:

Ali Greer

Production Designer:

Whit Vogel

Sound Designer:

Transported Audio

Music:

Dan Romer

Principal Cast:

Sonequa Martin-Green, Natalie Morales, Ed Harris, Morgan Freeman, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Gloria Reuben

Additional Credits:

Production Companies: Legion M Entertainment & Radiant Media Studios, Casting Director: Jamie Castro, Music Supervisor: Laura Katz, Costume Designer: Dionne Barens, Story By: Cherish Chen, Original Song: Kaia Kater & Dan Romer

Contact

Distributor:

N/A
N/A@gmail.com

Public Film Contact:

Kyle Hausmann-Stokes
Legion M
kylehs@gmail.com
608.332.6688

Publicity Contact:

Chris Black
chris@ssmandl.com
210-710-2190

Sales Agent:

CAA MEDIA FINANCE
CAA

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Type: Screening
Year:
2024
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Runtime:
101 mins
Accessibility
Interpreted <(%abbr{:title => 'American Sign Language'})ASL>
Closed Captioned
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