Liz Rao
THE TRUCK, a short film by Grad Film MFA candidate Liz Rao, is screening at the Telluride Film Festival on Saturday, August 31st.
Present day. Two second generation teens are in a bind. Jo and Arash know that in their town, abortion is shameful at best, and illegal at worst. Together they set out to purchase the morning after pill. In the process, they encounter a world of power dynamics and American hypocrisy that they never expected.
Liz Rao cuts through splashy headlines and confronts urgent social issues, by telling visceral, intimate stories. Rao grew up in Missouri, Tennessee, and Chicago, with immigrant parents from southern China. Rao's upcoming short THE TRUCK is world premiering at Telluride, and is supported by top awards from The Future of Film is Female, Fusion Film Award, NYU Kings Award, and Clive Davis Award.