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Never before in the history of Legion M have we had such an outpouring of enthusiasm for a film. The power of Legion M flows from our community, and now is the time for our community to activate! On February 28, My Dead Friend Zoe hits theaters nationwide, in what we anticipate will be a minimum of 500 theaters. This means that most people around the USA will have access to a theater near them to go out and see the film. We humbly ask, in this moment, that you join us in our mission to get the word out. Post the trailer & poster to your social media. Text your friends. Tell everyone you know — then get a group together and make a plan to see the movie. Below you’ll find access to our Downloadable Asset Pack with social media-ready trailers, posters, and personal appeals from the director and cast. Not sure how to post? Check out some suggestions of how to post from the Legion M Staff.
LOGLINE
Engaged in a mysterious
relationship with wise-cracking (and
dead) best friend from the Army, a
female Afghanistan veteran
reluctantly reunites with her estranged
Vietnam vet grandfather at the family's
ancestral lake house.
MDFZ isn’t a war film.
Or a pity party about PTSD.
We (filmmakers, veterans) have seen enough of both and are ready to tell a different story. Something unique... authentic...unexpected.
This film is about things everyone can relate to: complicated friendships, divided family, and the messed up ways in which we can process our grief. All told through the lens of dark humor, wit and pathos.
MDFZ isn’t another heavy-handed melodrama about coming home but instead, a clever, heartfelt, buddy dramedy about complex relationships between women, a rift between an Afghanistan vet and her Vietnam vet grandpa, and the difficulties of letting go of the past.
LOGLINE
Engaged in a mysterious
relationship with wise-cracking
(and dead) best friend from the Army,
a female Afghanistan veteran reluctantly
reunites with her estranged Vietnam
vet grandfather at the family's
ancestral lake house.
MY DEAD FRIEND ZOE is a dark comedy drama that follows the journey of Merit, a U.S. Army Afghanistan veteran who is at odds with her family thanks to the presence of Zoe, her dead best friend from the Army. Despite the persistence of her VA group counselor, the tough love of her mother and the levity of an unexpected love interest, Merit's cozy-dysfunctional friendship with Zoe keeps the duo insulated from the world. That is until Merit's estranged grandfather—holed up at the family's ancestral lake house—begins to lose his way and is need of the one thing he refuses... help. At its core, this is a buddy film about a complicated friendship, a divided family, and the complex ways in which we process grief.
Why?
Because you, and all of us just like you, are the source of power in the entertainment industry. We're the ones that decide decide what to watch and pay for the tickets. Collectively we fuel a multi-trillion dollar global industry and make studios like Disney and Warner Bros. some of the most valuable companies on the planet.
What if we could combine our power to benefit from the value we create?
Legion M was founded because we saw a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to give YOU a voice and a stake in the entertainment industry. We're using disruptive new securities laws to unite one million fans as shareholders of the company and create a massive grassroots audience — a Legion of fans — with potential to reshape the future of Hollywood!
With over 40,000 investors Legion M is one of the largest equity crowdfunding communities of all-time. And with more than 10,000 investors in our lastest offering, we're growing faster than we ever have before.
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MY DEAD FRIEND ZOE is a dark comedy drama that follows the journey of Merit, a U.S. Army Afghanistan veteran who is at odds with her family thanks to the presence of Zoe, her dead best friend from the Army. Despite the persistence of her VA group counselor, the tough love of her mother and the levity of an unexpected love interest, Merit's cozy-dysfunctional friendship with Zoe keeps the duo insulated from the world. That is until Merit's estranged grandfather—holed up at the family's ancestral lake house—begins to lose his way and is need of the one thing he refuses... help. At its core, this is a buddy film about a complicated friendship, a divided family, and the complex ways in which we process grief.
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