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Running on Empty Dreams

Country: USA, Language: English, 120 mins

  • Director: Nitara Lee Osbourne
  • Writer: Nitara Lee Osbourne
  • Producer: Elizabeth Da Silva; Jeff Green

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The opening music will have you on the brink of a neurotic panic attack.

The dialogue will have you screaming and fleeing rapidly towards the hills.

A debut and a swansong...all in one!


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The(ir) Blurb...

Young and athletic Sydney Harris finds out that she has six months to live unless she and her husband can come up with the money for her medical treatment. Sounds simple enough; get the money, save her life. But her underpaid, working class husband can't afford the treatment. And time is ticking away. As Sydney begins to seek out a means to save her life, she begins to question her existence and does some soul searching, only to find herself falling in love with a single mom in the neighborhood that Sydney and her family have just moved into. Sydney is then forced to choose between her religious upbringing, her husband and son, and a love that she hides, all while fighting a losing battle to save her own life.

Cast & Characters

Kathleen Benner as Sydney Harris;
Rachel Owens as Jane Smith;
Jose Rosete as Corey Harris;
Wil Rillero as Matt Harris;
Sevan McBride as Tony Smith;
Gilbert Andrews as Brick Lifting Claimant;
Casey Bank as Restaurant Extra;
Jarrod Brenner as Club Dancer;
Deuandra T. Brown as Waitress;
Ellen Brown as Restaurant Extra;
John Brown as Church Goer;
DeAnna Cali as Trisha Jameson;
Demi Christianson as Club Waitress;
McKinley Clemonts Jr. as Drs. Office Visitor and Church Goer;
McKinley Clemonts Sr. as Church goer