You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory

You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory

NR 2015 · 20 min · ★ 10.0 · Comedy, Drama

Charlie, a socially inept young man, compulsively confesses every detail of his anti-social behavior to his mother, Hazel, with whom he still lives in Harlem. When his mother asks him to finally move out of her apartment, Charlie is forced to confront his greatest fears - losing his only life witness and living in a world without his only friend and confidante.

Directed by Jack Kyser · Written by Jack Kyser

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