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    Dr. Sam
    ABOUT THE PROJECT

    LOGLINE
    After getting fired from his waiter gig, Samesh—a millennial jazz singer about to give up—masquerades as a therapist to pay the rent, unexpectedly leading to a personal breakthrough.

    SYNOPSIS
    DR. SAM is for the millennial artist who is deeply unsure about continuing to pursue their dreams. Following the COVID19 lockdown, those millennials running from survival job to survival job in order to support their inner need to create found themselves sitting at home with limited creative outlets…and no income. While Gen Z is finding their way into college and Gen X is leaning on their savings accounts, millennial artists have been forced to rebuild, often treated by others as though their artistic pursuits are impractical. Perhaps DR. SAM’s protagonist, Samesh Patel, will inspire internally conflicted viewers to believe, as he does, that they truly are worth what they want.

    PROJECT TYPE Narrative Short

    DIRECTOR Danielle Beckmann
    SCREENWRITER Raji Ahsan
    EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Raji Ahsan, Danielle Beckmann
    producer entities Aremay Studios, Brooklyn Quarter

    WEBSITE rajiahsan.com/sam

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