Refuge

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Amelia (Linda Hamilton - Golden Globe nominee - The Terminator and Terminator 2) accidentally kills her abusive husband, Jack,(Christopher McDonald-Harry's Law) and is on the run with his body in the back of her RV. In the heat of the desert, she encounters Darryl (Chris Payne Gilbert The Protector). While looking for a landfill to bury his failed first novel, the disillusioned writer had become stranded with his motorcycle. Darryl sees, what he thinks, is an abandoned RV and checks inside. Just as he notices a lifeless body in the back, Amelia emerges with a loaded in hand and instructs him to take the wheel and drive! As they embark on a road trip across the state, the dead body decomposes in the back, a lifeless novel dries up in the front, and two lost souls seek refuge and redemption on New Mexico s roads, ains, and farmlands. REFUGE, a drama with a lot of skewed humor, is written and directed by Mark Medoff (Tony Award winner and Academy Award nominee Children of a Lesser God). About the Director ------------------ A theater director for thirty years, Mark Medoff began his film directing career with CHILDREN ON THEIR BIRTHDAYS a feature film based on a Truman Capote short story which won many awards across the country, released by Artisan and Lions Gate. Other notable films penned by Mark include: Academy Award nominated CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD (co-screenwriter based on his Tony award-winning play), CLARA'S HEART, OFF BEAT, and CITY OF JOY. He also wrote and produced HOMAGE, an independent feature and participant in the dramatic feature competition at the Sundance Film Festival. SANTA FE, an independent co-written with Andrew Shea, also premiered at Sundance. Mark is a Tony, Society of West End Theatres, and OBIE Award winning playwright, an Academy Award® and Cable ACE Award nominated screenwriter. His repertoire consists of 26 plays, 11 movies, a novel, an opera, and numerous magazine and newspaper articles. He is currently the Artistic Director of the Creative Media Institute for Film & Digital Arts at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces and Distinguished Lecturer in Playwriting at the University of Houston.