Cover Me

Cover Me

2015 · 60 min · Drama

A young musician tries to find her place in New Orleans, city of musical dreams and failures. Bradley expresses the musician's inner life with remarkable editing and a moving soundtrack that reinforces the city's slow pace.

Directed by Garrett Bradley · Written by Tameka Norris

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