Martyr of A Forgotten Dream (2022)

Leon, unemployed and grieving the death of his father lives in isolation on his family's land in the outskirts of town. In the years since the Small Town's Steel Mill shut its doors, poverty has swept his hometown. With the jobs gone and everyone who could afford to leave long since left, this once prosperous slice of American Pie was left in the dust. Our Everyman Anti-Hero, Leon, was busy doing a whole lot of nothing when a man in a suit from the bank delivered the news that Leon's property is being foreclosed and that he has a week to vacate the land. The local Sheriff steps in to help Leon see reason. With the Law on the Bank's side, he urges Leon to leave and make a new life for himself. But with no money to his name, an iron will to stay, and the voice of his father reminding him to fight for what he believes in, Leon decides to stay no matter the cost - The Bank, the Law, and Leon converge on the day of reckoning. Aiming to deescalate the situation, nothing goes as planned for the surprised Sheriff, the Banker and the Banker's Muscle Man. It's a hot summer evening on Eviction Day, when a showdown erupts in a fury of bullets, a dream goes to rest and an old tattered American flag rips into the wind.