A Step Apart

A Step Apart

2023 · 20 min · Drama

Jamie, a 10-year-old country boy, who has grown up with his step brother Will, struggles with not only the impending divorce of their parents but the grief of the potential loss of the only sibling he has ever known.

Directed by Ben J. Read · Written by Ben J. Read

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