First Winter
- director: Benjamin Dickinson
- actor: Jennifer Kim Lindsay Burdge Paul Manza Samantha Jacobs
- writer: Benjamin Dickinson
Synopsis:
In this extraordinary debut feature, a blackout of apocalyptic proportions strands a group of Brooklyn hipsters in a remote country farmhouse with no heat and no electricity during the coldest winter on record. At first, it’s all sex and drugs and acoustic guitars. But as the days go on and the food supply dwindles, struggles of power, jealousy, and desire threaten the group’s ability to work together in order to survive. [Synopsis courtesy of Tribeca]
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