Kareem Rahma is greatest recognized for his viral “Subway Takes” movies, however the “Poker Face” actor is now fictionalizing his MetroCard adventures for the large display with indie “Or One thing.” Rahma co-writes and co-stars alongside fellow author/actor Mary Neely within the function, which is billed as a recent tackle “Earlier than Dawn.”
The official synopsis for “Or One thing” reads: “Two strangers, Olivia (Neely) and Amir (Rahma), present up on the identical Brooklyn house to gather money they’re each owed. Pressured to spend the day collectively on a journey by means of New York Metropolis, the pair reveal intimate particulars about their lives. The duo are caught collectively on the subway, consuming lunch, strolling by means of Central Park, and bonding over disagreements about intercourse, courting, faith, and loss of life. One in all them additionally occurs to be hiding a harrowing secret…” David Zayas co-stars.
Jeffrey Scotti Schroeder makes his directorial debut with the movie; Pete Ohs edits the indie. Schroeder, Rahma, Neely, Dan Blackwell, and Sophia Heriveaux produce. Cinematography is by Jeff Leeds Cohn.
Ohs, who beforehand edited Harris’ documentary “Slave Play. Not a Film. A Play.,” not too long ago directed horror movie “The True Fantastic thing about Being Bitten by a Tick.” He’s additionally helming the upcoming indie “Erupcja” starring frequent collaborator Jeremy O. Harris and Charli XCX. “The True Fantastic thing about Being Bitten by a Tick” actor Harris applauded how prolific Ohs is.
“Working with Pete so intimately as an editor on my documentary, I used to be in a position to witness firsthand how his thoughts labored and wished to go deeper. When the provide to work on one other movie as an actor, co-writer and producer emerged, it felt like the proper alternative,” Harris informed IndieWire. “As a lover of impartial movie, the prospect to collaborate with a voice as dynamic and certain as his whereas additionally focusing extra on course of than product felt too distinctive to cross up. He’s prolific to an insane diploma. In lower than two years we’ve now collaborated on three movies collectively. … He’s proper on the beating coronary heart of what being actually impartial in cinema can imply.”
Manufacturing unit 25 will launch “Or One thing” on Friday, August 22 in New York Metropolis on the Quad for a weeklong run and in Los Angeles on Friday, September 14 for a particular engagement at Braindead. Take a look at the movie’s trailer, an IndieWire unique, under.