A thief, a grieving choir director, and 47 church pews walk into a redemption arc.
Cricket Sullivan (Skye Dakota Turner) is an introverted 14-year-old struggling to come to terms with a broken family. Drawn to churches as an easy mark to steal candles for her sick mother, she is caught by a grieving choir director and set a penance of polishing the church pews. The most unlikely friendship emerges as Cricket finds her true gift to the world and unlocks a channel through which both student and choir director can face their own fears and emotions. This is a lyrical film about love, loss, and the resilience of the human spirit.
Acting
Skye Dakota Turner carries whole film in her jaw clenches.
Score
Choir arrangements that turn church acoustics into therapy.
Writing
Luc's grief written in what he doesn't sing.
Director
Richard Janes
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Richard Janes shot in actual working churches, meaning Turner polished real pews between takes—method cleaning.
The film quietly mirrors the 'Black church' mentorship tradition filtered through a secular lens, though the cast diversity begs questions about whose stories get told with whose faces.
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