Year: 2021
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Run Time:
89 minutes
As she’s wrapping up her workday, transcriber Connie stumbles on the recording the world has been searching for: the 18½-minute gap of conversation missing from the scandalous Nixon tapes. With Watergate flooding the news cycle, Connie understands the powerful weight of the truth in her possession and feels it’s her civic duty to share her discovery with the public. To publish the findings, Connie secretly meets with Paul, a trusted journalist whose byline she’s been following for years. To listen to the recording together, Connie and Paul check in to the nearby Silver Sands Motel, the closest place with working tape players, and pose as newlyweds to maintain their anonymity. While the pair attempt to stay undetected, interactions with the motel’s colorful characters—the overly sensual Lena and Samuel, and a group of free spirits starting the revolution—lead them to fear their mission may be compromised. The what-if drama thriller 18 ½ plays out just one possible scenario of the fate of the still unknown conversation the world may never hear. —A.B.
Upper Allen
Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 9:50 PM
Friday, April 01, 2022 at 12:05 PM
CIFF46 Streams On Demand
Sunday, April 10, 2022 at 11:00 AM -
Sunday, April 17, 2022 at 11:59 PM
Streams Access: United States and US Territories
Accessibility (?)
Closed Captions: Yes
Audio Description: No
English Subtitles: No
Related Event
46th CIFF College Program
Competition
American Independents Competition
Director
Dan Mirvish
Producers
Dan Mirvish, Daniel Moya, Terry Keefe
Screenwriting
Daniel Moya
Cinematography
Elle Schneider
Editing
Dan Mirvish
Principal Cast
Willa Fitzgerald, John Magaro, Vondie Curtis Hall, Catherine Curtin, Richard Kind, Sullivan Jones
Film Sponsors
Alistair and Joyce Fyfe
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