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You Pay Your Dues

You Pay Your Dues

Roland Gentry thought he’d seen everything… but nothing would prepare him for the world he was about to enter… suburbia.

NR 2007 · 8 min · Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Roland “Rolly” Gentry is a hardened private eye who thought he’d seen it all. But when a mysterious woman steps into his office and asks him to have a “talk” with her ex-husband, Rolly is tossed into a seedy world where not even his entire collection of self-help books and CDs can assist him: Suburbia. As he delves ever deeper into the darkest corners of homeowners’ association politics, he faces a threat not only to the façade of stabilty society presents, but to the inner wisdom within his own secret soul.

Directed by William R. Coughlan · Written by Robin Brande

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