Authentic: Real Talk About the Cave

Authentic: Real Talk About The Cave is the third in the three-part Authentic short film series produced by Executive Producer. The dogmatic Mr. Turner, jaded Diamond in the Rough, dejected Desperada, and bigoted Mr. Reinhart live their lives surrounded by darkness. They are obsessed with the fear and pessimism they hear constantly coming from the old-style television that serves as their only source of information about the outside world. There is no sense of time and space as they repeat and reinforce among themselves the news that represents their reality of hopelessness and despair. When Mr. Turner is forced to leave their home on a mission to restock diminishing supplies, he comes across a group of people who are eerily familiar but live in a world of light, hope, and optimism. Finding his worldview challenged by these people, Mr. Turner reels in confusion when he comes across one person in the group representing the ultimate challenge to his existence. When he returns to his dark world to share the news of his discovery, he is attacked and forced to resubmit to the darkness as the last glimmer of memory of his experience in the world of light fades away. Think of "Authentic: Real Talk About the Cave" as The Twilight Zone meets The Wizard of Oz, where those who live in the unchallenging comfort of their cave are challenged to look to a brighter future of hope and possibility and to have the courage to step out of the cave and into the light.