About

Careful Not to Cry is the feature debut of director Erik Sutch.

Synopsis

Claire is an abortion doctor living in a post-industrial America where football no longer exists, but TRAP laws still do. After restrictive state regulations force Claire to shut down her clinic, she drives a taxi while waiting to reopen. The senator who was instrumental in passing the legislation dies in her backseat, and his wife and daughter come out of the woodwork and into Claire’s life.

Cast

Meka Butler as Claire

Sé Marie as Monica

Linda Kanyarusoke as Chris

Suzanne Sadler as Susan

Russell Hawkins as Ike

Dan McCurry as Matthew

Matthew Wallenstein as Michael

Sarah Brunner as Tristan

Bruce Crocker as Senator Wyatt

Crew

Written and Directed by
Erik Sutch

Executive Producer
Shawn Petersen

Producers
Jacob Z. Gross
Erik Sutch

Director of Photography
Danielle Calodney

Composer
Matt Fletcher

Additional Music
Julius Eastman “Femenine”
Shin Joong Hyun “I Don’t Like”
Josef Leimberg “Spirits of the Ancestors”
Mary Brulatour “Rabbit Mask”
Moses Sumney “Lonely World”

Artwork
Izzy Jarvis

Website
Kei Yasui

Posters

Trailer