HOLDING BACK THE DAWNIn 2001, M.V. Moorhead decided to try to...

HOLDING BACK THE DAWN

In 2001, M.V. Moorhead decided to try to make a short film with no budget. I wrote the script, based on my short story of the same name from my 1992 book Get Out As Early As You Can. Most of it was shot in one day, and it was shown two years later at No Festival Required.

I like the film better than the story. In the story, and in the script for the film, the age of the two leads is unstated, and so the reader naturally assumes they’re around the same age. Moorhead is noti...