Rockaway Sunset

  • Director

    PJ Landers

  • Country, Year, Length

    United States, 2020, 15 minutes

  • Category

    Narrative Short

  • Format

    N/A

  • Festival Year

    2022

Film Screening & Ticket Information

When & Where to See this Film!

STREAM THIS FILM DURING OUR

VIRTUAL FILM FESTIVAL NOVEMBER 20 – DECEMBER 4!

In Person Date, Time & Location:

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD • 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
The Local • 13-02 44th Ave. • LIC, NY 11101

SCREENING BLOCK:

Stories of Healing: Eight films that take on coming back.

Synopsis

When a feisty woman is diagnosed with a terminal illness, she resolves to reach a family milestone only to be sidetracked by a chance meeting with a stranger who nearly kills her.

Credits

PJ Landers, Director; Writer, Searching for Pop; Producer
Yasmin Siddiqui, Producer, Searching for Pop
Carole Montgomery, Key Cast, “Lori Murphy”
Kc Arora, Key Cast, “Mohammed”
Doc Dougherty, Key Cast, “Doctor Silver”

Director Statement

Thank you for considering our film. The last couple of years we’ve decided to limit our exposure. Now that things are getting back to normal, we have started submitting again. We hope you enjoy our film.

Director Biography

PJ Landers has been working as an Actor and stand up comic in NYC for over 20 years.

Born and Bred in Sunnyside-Woodside, Queens NYC. He first hit the stage as a tap dancer at age 4. PJ has performed in several Off Off Broadway productions. Co Starred in the Nuyorican Poet’s Café presentation of Ismael Reed’s Hubba City and at the Bronx Playhouse in Savage in Limbo. PJ performed his one man
show Searching for Pop in NYC and took the show to the Edinburgh Fridge Festival for 25 straight performances. He has been seen on Netflix’s House of Cards and Spike Lee’s She’s gotta have it.

This is his debut as writer and director.