What We Do Next

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What We Do Next
Directed by Stephen Belber
Screenplay byStephen Belber
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyGarrette Rose
Edited byJustin Chan
Music byPaul Brill
Production
companies
  • Unbridled Films
  • Mangano Movies & Media
Release date
Running time
77 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

What We Do Next is a 2022 American thriller directed by Stephen Belber and starring Corey Stoll, Karen Pittman and Michelle Veintimilla. It premiered at the Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival in April 2022. It will have a limited theatrical release on March 3, 2023.

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Synopsis

Mercado (Veintimilla) has served 16 years in prison for killing her abusive father. After her release, a New York City Councilwoman (Pittman) and a corporate attorney (Stoll) are forced to face up to their involvement in the original crime. [1]

Cast

Production

Chris Mangano, Merry-Kay Poe and Max Neace produced the film, which is a co-production between Poe's Unbridled Films and Mangano's Mangano Movies & Media. Lynn Nottage acted as co-producer. Writer and director Stephen Belber was an executive producer along with Brian Tanke, and Matt Bronson. [2]

It was filmed in the autumn of 2020 in Louisville, Kentucky in six and a half shooting days during the COVID-19 pandemic. [3]

Release

Producers Unbridled Films and Mangano Movies & Media are handling distribution for the film which premiered at the Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival in April 2022, and then also played at the Flyover Film Festival in Louisville. Kentucky in July 2022. [4] The film had a Canadian premiere at the Vancouver International Film Festival on September 30, 2022. [5] The film has a limited US cinema release date of 3 March 2023. [6]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, What We Do Next holds an approval rating of 100% based on 10 reviews with an average rating of 10/10. [7] Following the premiere for the film Randy Myers in The Mercury News described it as “a taut, never harried 77 minutes” and “well acted and thought provoking”. [8] Lapacazo Sandoval in the New York Amsterdam News reflected that the film had clear beginnings as a play and “is basically still a play, just shot on film”. Praise was given to the director of photography, Garrette Rose, production designer, Christelle Matou, and editor Justin Chan for making a film that was “beautiful to look at”. [9]

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