Who Are You People

2023 | RUN TIME 104M

Ema Horvath, Devon Sawa, Yeardley Smith, with John Ales and Alyssa Milano

Join us for a special in-theatre screening of the gripping coming-of-age drama, Who Are You People. An exclusive talkback withScreenwriter/Director Ben Epstein moderated by Melissa Pianko, Executive Producer and Mamaroneck resident, will immediately follow the film.

Sixteen-year-old Alex Fixel has always felt out of sync; with her affluent Portland parents, with her private school peers, and with herself. When Alex’s parents interrupt her impetuous attempt to seduce her high school English teacher, they plan to ship her off to boarding school. But before Alex leaves, she finds an old letter in her mother’s desk indicating her biological father is not the man who raised her; instead he’s a small town mechanic — and former convict — named Karl Hendricks. Alex escapes her new boarding school and tracks down her father. Over the next week, Alex and Karl’s fragile and volatile attempts at connection tenuously blossom into a sincere father-daughter bond… Until Alex discovers the devastating truth about her roots, threatening to destroy both her old and new family.

“Who Are You People is one of my favorite dramas of the year. Epstein’s plot is compelling, and his character development is brilliant. But taking a step back, the film represents the lives of real people who have made massive mistakes and are trying to move on as best they can.” – filmthreat.com

BEN EPSTEIN is the writer and director of the feature film Who Are You People, which was theatrically released by Gravitas Ventures in February 2023. Additionally, he is the creator/ showrunner for two seasons of the hit Crackle series “In the Vault,” and recently served as an Executive Producer of an upcoming Netflix spectacle series. He also developed a pilot with Lionsgate Television and Amazon Freevee. Ben also created the dramedy series “Happyland” for MTV and wrote the Bella Thorne teen Netflix thriller “You Get Me.” His feature spec The Prospect, which followed Michael Jordan’s short-lived baseball days, was selected to the 2017 Blacklist. He is currently developing feature projects with John Wells Productions and Chris Columbus. He has written several issues of the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” comic book and his short fiction appeared in the “Rattling Wall Literary Journal.” He is represented by UTA and Think Tank Management.

MELISSA PIANKO is an Executive Producer on Who Are You People and an avid connoisseur of both TV and movies, despite not being particularly creative herself.  Her day job is in real estate where she has invested, developed and managed apartments in both New York City and nationally.  She lives in Mamaroneck with her husband and three children and is the proud big sister of Ben Epstein, who wrote and directed the film.