Sharon Speer

When a successful, nerdy visual artist moves into a gentrifying area in Brooklyn, he must straddle between his life with the one percent and that of his working-class neighbors; otherwise, he's doomed to be seen as a nerd forever.

In 1976, a young woman returns to church for the first time since her experience at a Conversion Facility. She is haunted by her trauma and the events leading up to her "conversion".

On the night of a high-profile gallery fundraiser, Noah—a 50-year-old queer painter—prepares to deliver a long-anticipated speech. In the hours before he takes the stage, he confides in Kai, his loyal companion, revisiting the stories behind his most haunting works. Together, they trace the arc of Noah’s life: a childhood scarred by trauma, a volatile relationship with his abusive mother, struggles with addiction, and the ache of a love lost. As the evening deepens, the boundaries between memory and reality begin to dissolve. When Noah finally steps into the spotlight, the weight of his past surges to the surface. Overwhelmed, he slips into a dreamlike trance, a final, surreal descent into the emotional landscape we’ve traversed with him.

When a successful, nerdy visual artist moves into a gentrifying area in Brooklyn, he must straddle between his life with the one percent and that of his working-class neighbors; otherwise, he's doomed to be seen as a nerd forever.