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Synopsis
In this horror feature film, an awkward 13-year old girl named Cass wishes to get a first kiss on her birthday. But instead, she and her cooler best-friend Stacie play with a Ouija board — which delivers a shocking prediction: Stacie will soon die. That week, Stacie vanishes. Amidst wild rumors about Stacie's sexual history, Cass turns to the Ouija board for answers. Its cryptic clues lead her to a meeting with an older teen named "Nick". Thinking her birthday wish is about to come true, she climbs into his car and they drive into a part of town Cass calls the Quiet Streets. The ride, which starts out romantic, soon turns chilling as Cass begins questioning Nick’s identity. But nothing is as it appears to be — not even Stacie's disappearance. And now, to make it home alive, Cass will have to muster an inner strength she never knew she had. THE QUIET STREETS combines real archival material with elements of the surreal and supernatural, to illuminate what every true crime fan already knows: that the real world is more terrifying than a horror movie could ever be.
Bio
Jessamyn Ansary is a writer, producer and director with 15+ years of experience in film and TV. Her feature documentary, LEE FIELDS: FAITHFUL MAN, directed & produced with Joyce Mishaan, is distributed by Gravitas Ventures and was released on Apple TV, Amazon Prime and similar platforms in 2024. Jessamyn is a scriptwriter for Jupiter Entertainment, where she writes for multiple true crime TV shows including Oxygen’s SNAPPED, KILLER COUPLES, and more. She is also a writer/producer for the popular true crime podcast, INVISIBLE CHOIR, and she co-produced Hulu’s 2023 true crime feature documentary, THE JEWEL THIEF.
During her career, Jessamyn has written and produced for networks and brands like HBO Documentaries, Max, eBay, National Geographic, Travel Channel, Hulu and Oxygen, among others. She was part of the producing team for the Emmy-nominated feature documentary ESCAPE FIRE: THE FIGHT TO RESCUE AMERICAN HEALTHCARE, and has cast talent for many feature docs and TV series, including Food Network’s CHOPPED. Jessamyn is also a freelance writer, most recently for Time Magazine's e-commerce vertical Time Stamped.
Awards History
Sundance Development Track 2023 - Second Rounder
Page Awards 2023 - Quarterfinalist
Selected for Stowe Story labs 2024, as a semifinalist for the NYX horror fellowship
