Maya and Olivia's Total Eclipse

A live action narrative short film

In 2017 San Francisco, two sixth-grade girls make a pact to travel far from home to see a total solar eclipse — an adventure story about friendship, dreams and reality.

Sometimes the universe seems chaotic. Like when you’re 11 years old and you’ve just started middle school with your best friend and everything’s changing all at once. And sometimes the universe makes perfect sense and the stars align, like when there’s a total solar eclipse on the calendar and you know exactly when and where it is going to happen. And you are NOT going to miss it. This is the story of two sixth grade girls, Maya and Olivia, who are from different backgrounds, and share a fascination with science and space. Maya dreams about constellations and astronomy, and Olivia wants to be a robotics engineer at NASA. When they hear that the great American total eclipse is coming, and that it won’t be visible in their city, they make a pact to get to Oregon to see it. But how will these two manage to get themselves on the path of totality? And at what price?

Director/Producer/Writer: Anne Flatté

Director's Website: www.anneflatte.com

IMDB: Anne Flatte IMDB

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