Bird In Hand
Iris Cantor Theatre, West Houston Street 38, 10012 New York, Manhattan
Free admission, open to all NYU students, faculty, and staff; RSVP required
About
A screening of the feature film BIRD IN HAND followed by a Q&A panel with its producers, moderated by film programmer Caryn Coleman, founder of The Future of Film is Female. The Fusion Film Festival invites audiences to the feature debut of NYU Tisch alum Melody C. Roscher, who wrote and directed it. The film follows newly engaged Bird Rowe as she returns to her rural hometown to plan her wedding with her narcissistic hippie mother, while secretly pursuing an agenda that leads her to her mother's new neighbors, a couple trying to 'rebrand' a plantation. Inspired by Roscher's biracial experience, it weaves themes of race, belonging, and family into a bitingly comic story starring Alisha Wainwright and Christine Lahti.
Written by a model, sources: tisch.nyu.edu
Critics
6.5Good
Critics praise the film's tonal balance of humor and drama, the believable mother-daughter bond, and its striking visuals. They fault occasionally clichéd character choices and a story that proves quickly forgettable.
Reviews: StarryMag, Bain's Film Reviews, Unseen Films, TMDb
Trailer
Showtimes
Fri 6 Nov
Iris Cantor TheatreWest Houston Street 38, 10012 New York
Venue
Iris Cantor Theatre is in New York City’s Manhattan.
West Houston Street 38, 10012 New York
Iris Cantor Theatre 19 more events- Director
- Melody C. Roscher
- Year
- 2026
- Runtime
- 90 min
