Tyler Messner

A beloved small-town Missouri pastor, Matthew Donovan hides a dark secret from his community. When he’s introduced to single mom, Hilary, he struggles to keep his secret hidden. Will she ever know the true Matthew Donovan? Or will his darkness swallow this small community whole?

Since he was 18 years old, Blake Eckard has written and directed six feature length films in his hometown of Stanberry, Missouri (population 1186). Aside from a short distribution deal in Canada and a few festival screenings, his movies have largely gone unseen.

A backwoods babysitter agrees to help an abused mother of two escape her lunatic boyfriend, but his psychotic brother is headed back to the area, and he has a fraught history with everyone involved.