We Can Be Heroes

DETAILS:

EVENT TYPE: Competition Documentary Features

RUN TIME: 89 Minutes

Sometimes, finding your tribe requires a bit of magic. For attendees of a live action role-playing (LARP) camp in upstate New York, the deeply accepting environment has given neurodivergent, queer, and self-proclaimed 'nerdy' teenagers the space and community for self-discovery that they have never found anywhere else. As the campers immerse themselves in this imaginative world, they discover inner strength, heal from past traumas, and emerge as the heroes they are meant to be, both in the fantasy realm and in real life.

CREDITS

Director(s): Carina Mia Wong, Alex Simmons

Producer(s): Carina Mia Wong, Alex Simmons, Jennifer Wood, Krista Manis; Executive Producer:Jonathan Silberberg, Nicole Stott, Lizzie Fox, Casey Meurer, Laurene Powell Jobs, Davis Guggenheim, Cristina Costantini, Darren Foster

Cast: Dexter, Cloud, Abby, Miranda, Max, Judson