A bright child in northern California betrays his Catholic upbringing and protective parents to join forces with a local druid who believes he might just be the one who can save the world from humanity’s worst impulses.
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Narrator: Hannah Ehman William: Sean Ballantyne Marty: Shawn Devlin
NO KINGS, 16min., USA Directed by David Tardiff NO KINGS, by upcoming filmmaker David Tardiff, encapsulates the “No Kings” movement, march, and rally that took place on 14 June, 2025, in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Waking in a future with floating cities topping thousands of stories, run by radioactive intelligence, where imagination blends with machine, an amnesiac finds her destiny.
I have to really thank the actors for my reading, nothing short of terrific as they were, nothing short of incredibly smart, attractive, and perceptive as they were. They brought the script to life. – F. Maffai
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