A man is forever changed when a mysterious truck appears with a traveling ‘doctor’ who claims to raise the dead.
Director’s Visions for ‘The Crossing Over Express’
Luke Barnett:
My mom passed away when I was 17. I only have a handful of pictures and zero videos of her. A couple years ago, on my birthday, I got a text from a number I didn’t recognize. It simply said “happy birthday” and had a YouTube link. I clicked it and my heart stopped. It was my mom. I had to pull over immediately. She was telling me how proud she was of me and how she wondered what I’d become. Maybe a policeman, a preacher, or even a clown. I couldn’t believe it. Well, it turns out the random phone number was my friend Jon’s dad, who had found this video on an old VHS tape they made before a 1999 school event. I was 16. This experience got me thinking…what if I could have one last conversation? I called my writing partner Tanner the next day. This short film, in a way, is that conversation.
Tanner Thomason:
There is a point in adulthood where you can not help but to become familiar with loss and the feeling of giving anything for one more phone call, or hug, or just to see the face of someone you loved so much. It’s universal and the idea of a character going through the rush of emotions such an experience would cause is extremely compelling; even more so when it’s inspired by a real moment experienced by one of your closest friends and creative partners. To get to explore that feeling, delivered from a setting/ supporting character(s) that does not project trust or normalcy but instead presents a window into a kind of hidden truth is the sort of creative challenge that you usually just hear about, much less get to build.
