An aspiring porn star spends the summer of 1980 sleeping with men who pass through her family’s dilapidated desert motel until one fateful summer night, when she’s forced to contend with her father’s darkest secret.

Director’s Vision for ‘Daddy’

Nothing is hidden in the desert. You can see for miles in all directions, beauty and danger coexisting completely, in both natural and manmade elements. This story was born out of road trips through the High Desert of California. I’ve driven through countless dusty towns that made me wonder how these people might spend their days. So many shiny, hopeful motel signs pointing only to shells of buildings or nothing at all. It’s bleak and beautiful. Daddy is the story of a girl from a pit stop.