The Light of the Moon by Jessica M. Thompson (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Short Term 9) starring Stephanie Beatriz, Michael Stahl-David, Conrad Ricamora, and Catherine Curtin will have its world premiere at the 2017 SXSW Film Festival. The film entered the Narrative Feature Competition and has a very strong message regarding sexual assault and the trying to regain normalcy after a horrible event.
Bonnie who is a success Latina architect is sexually assaulted after a get together with friends in Brooklyn. She tries to keep the assault a secret from everyone especially her long-term boyfriend Matt. She fights for normalcy in her life but finds that it is much harder then she believed. Matt and Bonnie’s relationship begins to unwind as she fights to keep close hold of her secret. Finally, when a similar incident happens around her neighborhood she can no longer deny what happened. A visit to an at-risk women’s group forces her to come to terms with what happened that dark night.
Stephanie Beatriz does an amazing job at capturing Bonnie’s feeling and emotions. It is a very hard thing to do. Trying to image how one is feeling before, during, and after a sexual assault. Jessica M. Thompson captures a vulnerable time in a women’s life, and for being her debut film is a great feat. The Light of the Moon is inspiring in the way it captures the resilience one has after facing the hardest imaginable tragedy.
The Light of the Moon is directed and written by Jessica M. Thompson, produced by Thompson, Carlo Velayo, and Michael Cuomo. The executive producers include Stephanie Beatriz, Carl Cook, Gail Hili, Raymond K. Javdan, Esq., and Sreekanth Middela. Cinematography by Autumn Eakin with editing by Thompson. Music by David Torn.
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