A violent incident between two high schoolers pulls 16-year-old Beatrice, her mother Vera, and her sister Ali, into a grueling investigation of fault.
When Beatrice Kwon, 16, is expelled for violently assaulting her classmate, Mason Megan, 16, her mother, Vera Kwon, appeals to the School Board. In perspectives from her mom, sister and Beatrice herself, they recount the disturbing days before Beatrice’s breakdown, and the complicated circumstances around it. In the end, they understand that they must all come together to heal.
Leena Pendharkar is an award-winning writer and director. Her most recent work is the television movie, A Date with Deception for Mar Vista/Lifetime, and two episodes of the kids’ show, Hello Jack! for Apple TV Plus, for which she was nominated for a Children's and Family Emmy Award. She premiered her sophomore independent film, 20 Weeks, at the Los Angeles Film Festival. It was described as an “intimate, compassionate take on abortion” by the Los Angeles Times, and was released theatrically in 10 cities in April of 2018, and on Hulu and a number of other platforms. Leena is an alum of the Warner Brothers, CBS, and Sony Diverse Directors programs.
She has also written/directed several-award winning short films, including her most recent Tiny Joy which played in many a number of film festivals, including Bentonville, and was recently released on Omeleto. Leena is also an Associate Professor at LMU’s School of Film + Television, and has an MFA in Screenwriting from UC-Riverside, Palm Desert.
