The Root

Over a single summer day in New York, the lives of two mothers briefly entwine. Julia, a writer and mother, is unsettled by creative stagnation, unprocessed grief, and the approach of her daughter’s adolescence. An unexpected encounter with Taylor—a labor and delivery nurse in the midst of a postpartum crisis—pushes Julia to reconsider the life she has built, and whether she can rediscover herself within it.

Through multiple visitations with her father in prison, a teenager is faced with a difficult decision that will affect their relationship.

During a fight about the state of their polyamorous relationship, two cavewomen start the first fire.

An alternative contraceptive procedure tests the relationship between a wellness influencer and her skeptical best friend.