Times is Tough

Two sisters try to come to terms with their past, while striving to understand the uncertainty of the present.

A musical odyssey that takes place in an uncertain time, RAPTOR is a short film from writer/director Marc Dickerson, with songs composed by Owen Byrne. It is a surreal journey into a comedic tragedy brought on by delusions of grandeur; and a story about the passion to create something new without knowing how.

James and Tracey couldn't wait for the end of the world. The problem is, it happened without them. All of their friends have advanced to the new dimension prophesied by their leader, Mr. Splain. But they are left behind. Now they must try and make sense of it all and figure out how to carry on. Will they try to reassemble their old lives or attempt to forge a new way?

Con artists. Architecture. City planning. A play (both real and false). A comedy? A farce? An absurdist romp through a 21st century American city? Coffee. Cousins? Ideals are dead. Grants. Capitalistic pigs. Four women. Rich kids. Dead on the floor? World gone mad? Ideals are dead. It is the world that has gone mad. Paranoia. What is there left to do? Who is mad? Ideals are dead. In a world gone mad.

Two women contemplate the end of time.