Nick Wechsler
Hosea Chanchez
Two former college teammates are summoned to an estate hearing of a late close friend who has a secret agenda to address certain concerns he has been harboring for years and years after all met in college.
The two, on the left actor Hosea Chancez who plays Max Palmer, and on the right actor Nick Weschler, who portrays Paul Jensen. They can claim an inheritance set up for them by their deceased comrade requires Max and Nick to confront agonizing realities from their past relationship – the kind of realities that people die and kill for – and they must submit to a polygraph test.
According to the American Psychological Association, polygraph tests measure a person’s “heart rate/blood pressure, respiration, and skin conductivity for whether the person committed a crime” – or lied.
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Review
Michael Perez-Lindsey’s Dramatic Short Film WILL I SEE YOU AGAIN? Starring Richard Lawson, Nick Wechsler, Hosea Chanchez, and Rosanny Zayas – World Premiere at the Oscar-Qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival, August 8 – 18.
This is Michael Perez-Lindsey’s directorial debut. Written and executive produced by Rhett Lindsey, with co-writing by Michael Perez-Lindsey, this film will captivate audiences with its incredible emotional depth and compelling narrative. Hint: 7,997 views were registered July 1 on the YouTube trailer site. The meat of the story are the polygraph scenes of the two men dueling and dealing with five questions put them: And they better not lie or there goes the inheritance. Inheritance? This reviewer is providing one of the tantalizing questions; to do more would be a spoiler:
“Can you {question directed at Paul by Max} admit … just admit that you see hypocrisy in yourself for preaching hatred toward us while you secretly battle with the same fucking truth?”
WILL I SEE YOU AGAIN? features an all-star cast: Richard Lawson (Tyler Perry’s DIVORCE IN THE BLACK), Nick Wechsler (Revenge, Shades of Blue), Hosea Chanchez (The Game), and Rosanny Zayas (The L Word: Generation Q).
Brief Bios
Michael Perez-Lindsey’s Dramatic WILL I SEE YOU AGAIN? Starring Richard Lawson, Nick Wechsler, Hosea Chanchez, and Rosanny Zayas to World Premiere at the Oscar-Qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival
Michael Perez-Lindsey makes his directorial debut with his sublime WILL I SEE YOU AGAIN? world premiering at the Oscar-qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival taking place August August 8 – 18 in Hollywood. Two estranged friends who were close teammates many years ago cross paths at their close friend’s memorial. The story offers a poignant exploration of reconciliation and the power of confronting the past by those who dare to do do.
Written and executive produced by Rhett Lindsey, with co-writing by Michael Perez-Lindsey, WILL I SEE YOU AGAIN, has the finesse and acumen to captivate audiences – and do it – signed, sealed, delivered – in 12 minutes.
The film features an all-star cast, such as, Richard Lawson (Tyler Perry’s Divorce In The Black), Nick Wechsler (Revenge, Shades of Blue), Hosea Chanchez (The Game), and Rosanny Zayas (The L Word: Generation Q).
Michael Perez-Lindsey’s career in film began at the age of 16 with an internship at Raleigh Studios Manhattan Beach (now MBS Studios), where he worked on productions, such as The O.C. and CSI Miami. After earning his B.A .in Film and Electronic Arts at CSULB, Perez-Lindsey worked on PHANTOM (2013) starring Ed Harris.
He has since collaborated with top cinematographers as a digital imaging technician on productions like HELLO, MY NAME IS DORIS (2015) A24’s THE SKY IS EVERYWHERE (2022) and popular TV shows including Showtime’s The L Word: Generation Q and With Love on Amazon Prime, HBO MAX’s “Rap Sh!T and Hulu’s Reasonable Doubt. As a queer Mexican American director, Perez-Lindsey is committed to creating stories rich in social depth, diverse cultures, and creative originality.
Rhett Lindsey, known for his role as TJ in the 20th Century Fox’s BIG MOMMA’S: LIKE FATHER LIKE SON (2011), is the founder and CEO of Siimee, a social impact tech company dedicated to reducing bias in recruiting and hiring. Rhett, whose achievements have been written up in The Washington Post, CNBC, and CBS News This Morning, is passionate about about storytelling, He ispursuing his Master’s in Creative Writing and Literature at Harvard’s Extension School in the Fall of 2024.
Produced by Valeria Lopez and Alex Coffey (The 11th Green), alongside Michael Perez-Lindsey, with stunning cinematography by Sandra Valde-Hansen, ASC, LPS (XO KITTY, The Summer I Turned Pretty), this short film is a must-see must see.
Catch the world premiere of this incredibly moving short film at the 2024 HollyShorts Film Festival. https://www.williseeyouagain.com/crew
{*Corrections, the WORD regrets the following and has made the appropriate corrections for the following errors: The review title and the body text said that the film was 12 minutes long. It’s actually a 24-minute short film. Secondly, the review confused Richard Lawson’s character (Gerald Turner) for Robert Okumu’s character (Jim Turner). Jim Turner is the college friend who passed away and orchestrated the polygraph exam for Max and Paul.}
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