Grace K. Schuler

Hekla, a determined Chicago actress, races through auditions, breakups, and self-doubt over the course of one chaotic day, risking her heart and career to claim her voice and step fully into the artist and woman she's meant to be.

A man keeps a fish captive, but she hungers to be free.

A combination of archival film and footage from a road trip I took with my sister last year. When I went on this road trip I’d been thinking a lot about the paths taken and decisions made that resulted in where I was in that moment. Now more than ever have I been dwelling on that idea; both in the context of family lineage and the state of the world.