After discovering her dormant, supernatural power, a Métis woman ventures to her ancestral home on a mad mission to avenge her mother’s murder and reclaim her stolen Native land.
Forced to flee after the murder of her mother and capture of her father, Cassidy Krystian grows up in foster care under a mistaken identity. As a child, her family’s prized river land is violently stolen by the notorious landowner, Robert ‘The Dragon’ Drake, who now, years later, is developing that land for pharmaceutical production. Unaware that she is heir to the land and the lost leader of its former inhabitants—a remnant, matriarchal tribe of multiracial families—Cassidy is visited by one of her mother’s loyal followers who reveals to Cassidy the truth about her past and the Dragon’s current use of her land. Cassidy decides she must venture into the desolate wilderness where her family once lived, fighting against forces seen and unseen in her struggle to stop the Dragon and take back her home.
Emily Troedson is a writer, director, and producer based in Los Angeles. Her debut feature film, Blue Balloons, which she also wrote and produced, won the Women in Film Award from the CARE Film Festival and the script was a Quarterfinalist for the Act One Screenplay Competition. Most recently, she wrote, directed, and produced the dark comedy short film, Rage Rhonda, currently in its festival run. Her feature script, The Dark Days of Cassidy Krystian, was a Quarterfinalist for the ScreenCraft Film Fund and the Writers Lab as well as a selected participant for the 2023 Stowe Story Producers Lab and the 2024 Stowe Story Santa Fe Writers Retreat. She produced the short film, Cult, directed by Wei-Ling Chang, the mobile series, Trevor and the Virgin 2, and she was Production Supervisor for two Peanuts specials directed by Clay Kaytis. She founded the company Goat Song Films and is a member of the Producers Guild of America and Film Fatales.
Stowe Story Producers Lab 2023 - Selected Participant
Mystic Film Festival Screenplay 2021 - Finalist
Toronto Int'l Women's Film Festival 2021 - Best Unproduced Script Winner
The Writers Lab 2023 - Quarterfinalist
ScreenCraft Film Fund 2024 - Quarterfinalist
