Laurel Parmet is an American filmmaker, best known for her 2023 film 'The Starling Girl', which screened at festivals such as Sundance and SXSW.
17-year-old Jem Starling struggles with her place within her Christian fundamentalist community. But everything changes when her magnetic youth pastor Owen returns to their church.
The story of Melissa Reed, daughter of Keith Jesperson, aka the Happy Face Killer. After decades of no contact, Keith forces his way back into his daughter’s life, and Melissa must find out if an innocent man is going to be put to death for a crime her father committed. In the process, she must face a reckoning of her own identity.
Amanda struggles to keep something inside as she spends the day taking pictures of her best friend.