AWOL
Deb Shoval, 2016, USA, 85 min
Sponsored by Bright House Networks
In rural poor Northeastern Pennsylvania a young lesbian has limited options. Falling for a capricious, straight, young mother whose trucker husband is out on the road a lot, our protagonist, Joey, is up against bad odds. As she plans for her future, enlisting in the army seems like the only way to get out, but even the US military cannot quell her irresistible attraction to the flame. (Karin Wolf)