Rose McGowen’s Directoral Debut Hits with ‘Dawn’

Actress Rose McGowen turns the camera in the opposite direction as she takes the helm of the the short film Dawn. An official Sundance selection, the tale is a bit of a creepy, sexual slow burn. Outside of what seems to be the well worn cliche of a teenage girl facing immediate repercussions for sexual experimentation, this is a damn fine first resume entry for a potential indy filmmaker and it’s made available through McGowen’s YouTube channel.

About Dawn:

Realizing that her passion lies in filmmaking, Rose McGowan’s breakthrough directorial debut, DAWN, is a disturbing tale of a young girl’s budding sexuality and one’s desire to experience the unknown. Dawn (Tara Barr) is a quiet young teenager living in Kennedy era America who longs for something or someone to free her from her sheltered life. When she strikes up an innocent flirtation with the boy who works at her local gas station (Reiley McClendon), she thinks that he is perhaps the answer to her teenage dreams. Though when she invites the boy and his friends into her otherwise cloistered world, she gets a lot more than she bargained for.

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