In Sickness & In Health
Film Screening & Ticket Information
When & Where to See this Film!
In Person Date, Time & Location:
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH • 7:15 pm – 9:15 pm
MoMI Redstone • 36-01 35th Ave • Queens, NY 11106
SCREENING BLOCK:
It’s Not Over: Five films with final answers.
Synopsis
A married couple struggles to accommodate one another in the lead-up to a high-stakes business lunch.
Credits
Sarah Smick, Director, Writer, Friended to Death
Ian Michaels, Producer, Stars and Strife, Rainbow Time
Jess Weixler, Key Cast, “Anna”Teeth, The Son
Michael Mosley, Key Cast, “George”Ozark, Seven Seconds
Adam Silver, Cinematographer, Death to 2020, PEN15, Single Drunk Female
Ron Vignone, Editor, Stars and Strife
Nino Alicea, Production Designer, Unlovable
Matthew Kajcienski, Composer, First Responders, Rogue Trip, iMordecai
Director Statement
IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH is a story about two very different people struggling to accommodate one another – a scenario that resonates with me as it surely does for anyone living in America today in this period of intense political divisiveness. This is also a story about marriage. Having been married for eight years, coming out of a lengthy period of quarantine with my husband and young daughter, I know intimately the challenges of marriage and the sacrifices and grace it takes to keep a marriage intact. Yet we live in a culture that is so quick to turn its back on the other half. But what do we sacrifice when we dig our heels in like that? When we refuse to make allowances or see the other side? This film seeks to explore those insidious costs and perhaps inspire a different approach.
Director Biography
Los Angeles-based writer and filmmaker Sarah Smick started graduate school seven months postpartum… and promptly became well-versed in mom guilt. Yes, she was recognized by Humanitas and won the USC Annenberg Fellowship, but it meant ditching her kid and pumping in closets between classes. Mom of the Year. Inspired by these painful trade-offs, Sarah’s writing explores the costs of being seen and heard.
Before earning her M.F.A. in Writing for Screen & Television from the University of Southern California, Sarah graduated with honors from Columbia University, then directed and produced indies, working with the Duplass Brothers, among others. Her feature film writing/directorial debut FRIENDED TO DEATH won Best American Indie at the Edmonton International Film Festival. It was released by Gravitas Ventures and played theatrically in Japan and on 17 screens across the U.S. The Washington Post called it, “an assured debut.”
