Told as three short movies in two different time periods, RACING DAYLIGHT is the story of Sadie Stokes (MELISSA LEO) who’s returned to the family farm to care for her catatonic Grandma (LECLANCHE DURAND ). There have always been Stokes in Cedarsville. Sadie and Grandma are the last. Sadie’s life has been pretty colorless until the man appears in the mirror calls her “Anna!” and then fades away. As Sadie takes on the characteristics of her ancestor, Anna Stokes, she realizes that they both wan

Told as three short movies in two different time periods, RACING DAYLIGHT is the story of Sadie Stokes (MELISSA LEO) who’s returned to the family farm to care for her catatonic Grandma (LECLANCHE DURAND ). There have always been Stokes in Cedarsville. Sadie and Grandma are the last. Sadie’s life has been pretty colorless until the man appears in the mirror calls her “Anna!” and then fades away. As Sadie takes on the characteristics of her ancestor, Anna Stokes, she realizes that they both want the same thing, they both want Henry (DAVID STRATHAIRN) the farm’s idiosyncratic handyman/civil war junkie. Only Anna thinks Henry is her long lost Harry (DAVID STRATHAIRN).

This magical love story of hope and forgiveness is set against the backdrop of the Hudson River Valley, with light that glows from the inside out, and specifically the Shawangunk Ridge; home to Revolutionary war battles, the Underground Railroad, Native Americans and Dutch settlers.

Photo credit: Dion Ogust