Summer Animals
Haley Elizabeth Anderson
Drama | United States | 2021 | 21min
Summer. Texas. Fifteen-year-old Tommy is tired of living in and out of motels with her family. She just wants to be a normal teen and escape the summer heat, but instead has to take care of her two younger siblings while her single mother works as a housekeeper trying to secure a down payment on an apartment. When the family gets thrown out of a motel, Tommy, driven by her longing for freedom, decides to break into the pool of her mother's employer.
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Haley Elizabeth Anderson is a filmmaker and writer from Houston, Texas. She recently graduated from New York University's graduate film program as a dean’s fellow. With roots across the Gulf Coast and a background in playwriting and poetry, she creates work that often explores coming-of-age experiences, race, and the ever-growing class divide.
