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Holding Water

Holding Water

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Holding Water

"i've been meaning to tell you"

2026

0h 18m

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Over the course of an afternoon in late spring, two longtime friends reunite under a mulberry tree to confront the ways their time apart has changed them.

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Charleston Ford

Tortoise

Michael Evans

Hare

Elliot Harding

Gloved Hand

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Directed by: Riley Osborn
Written by: Riley Osborn
Produced by: Riley Osborn

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