Post-grad Sarah is going to have her first ‘grown-up’ party on one of the biggest party nights of the year, the night before Thanksgiving. Sarah soon finds out that growing up is not all she thinks it is as she finds out how much, and, how little, her friends have changed.
Writing
Sharp observations on performative adulthood and friend group dynamics.
Acting
Bell Mitchell captures that specific panic of faking it til you make it.
Director
Bart Elfrink
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Drinksgiving (aka Blackout Wednesday) is statistically the biggest bar night in America, surpassing New Year's Eve — making Sarah's 'grown-up' party attempt even more doomed.
This was a true micro-budget indie shot in Kansas City with largely local talent; the directors crowdfunded through friends and family, which explains why the friend-group dynamics feel uncomfortably authentic.
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