credit: Peter Alton
We Can Be Heroes
Sometimes, finding your tribe requires a bit of magic. For attendees of a live action role-playing (LARP) camp in upstate New York, the deeply accepting environment has given neurodivergent, queer, and self-proclaimed "nerdy" teenagers the space for self-discovery that they have never found anywhere else. As the campers immerse themselves in this imaginative world, they discover inner strength, heal from traumas, and emerge as heroes, both in the fantasy realm and in real life.
From directors Carina Mia Wong and Alex Simmons, WE CAN BE HEROES celebrates the fleeting, but profoundly formative moments that make up the most intense years of adolescence, with a little help from foam swords.
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Credits
Directors: | Carina Mia Wong, Alex Simmons |
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Executive Producer: | Laurene Powell Jobs, Davis Guggenheim, Lizzie Fox, Casey Meurer, Nicole Stott, Jonathan Silberberg, Cristina Costantini, Darren Foster |
Producer: | Jennifer Wood, Krista Manis, Carina Mia Wong, Alex Simmons |
Cinematographer: | Peter Alton, Michael Lockridge, Madeleine Peters |
Editor: | Alex Simmons, Rebecca Adorno Dávila |
Sound Designer: | Catherine Hood, Tim Haber, Annie Medlin, Carl Welden |
Music: | Dan Deacon |
Principal Cast: | Dexter, Cloud, Abby, Miranda, Kate, Max, Luisa (formerly Alex), Eli, Adelaide, Judson |
Additional Credits: | Field Producer: Katy Dierks, Production Coordinator: Tommy McCarthy, Production Assistant: Jesse Mico, Assistant Camera: Tim Haber, Garrett Hanson, Adam Marquez, Alexandra Roberts, Additional Photography: Cassandra Giraldo, Carina Mia Wong, Alex Simmons, Lead Assistant Editor: Lucas Bugbee, Co-Editor: Dan Crow, Music Editor: Chester Gwazda, Finishing Producer (Final Frame): Julia Sub, Finishing Assistant Editor: Claudia Ramirez |
Contact
Distributor: | None |
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Public Film Contact: | Carina Mia Wong |
Publicity Contact: | Sylvia Desrochers |
Sales Agent: | Eric Sloss & Alexis Galfas |