

After a financial apocalypse a young girl must protect her older sister as they wander a desert searching for a new home.
Acting
Kelsey Hutton carries the whole damn desert on her shoulders.
Practical Effects
They made this for $20K and it LOOKS like the end of days.
Director
Paul S. Myers
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot entirely in New Mexico on a $20,000 budget; the director sold his car to finish post-production. Indie film hustle, actually unhinged.
Released in 2012, it accidentally predicted the 2008 recession's lingering trauma — financial apocalypse as American genre, not sci-fi.