Filmmaker Statement

As young as age ten, I started dealing with periods of depression. I don't know why; I've always felt like my brain is just...broken. I COULD JUST DIE, AND THAT WOULD BE ALL RIGHT is a Southern Gothic fairy tale interpretation of the most vulnerable part of myself. I wrote the script during a particularly dark time when I constantly daydreamed about how I'd approach ending my life--if I ever found the courage to do it. I started running in a neighborhood late at night, trying to harvest some sweet, sweet endorphins, and so I could cry alone without making my family worry about me. I felt so very alone. But I wasn't alone, and neither is anyone else who deals with these intrusive thoughts and feelings. Though it was tough to write, to make, and most of all to share with audiences, it was worth it. Films are powerful tools for showing people that we are not alone, and we are not broken--we're just human.