TANGLES

Tangles is currently in production and is based on the graphic novel by Sarah Leavitt. We are working in collaboration with Giant Ant Creative Studio, to bring the animated film to life.

When Alzheimer’s disease begins to strip away her mother’s vibrant personality, a headstrong young woman is forced to return to her oddball Jewish family in the conservative small town she recently fled in order to care for her.

Fired up by her newfound identity as a lesbian feminist activist, Sarah tries to take control of the situation, but quickly realizes she must accept the cruel and warped reality of the disease - and the imperfect beauty of her family - in order to become the daughter they need.

Sarah Leavitt’s Story:

When her mother Midge was diagnosed at 55, Sarah began writing and drawing in a desperate attempt to record what was happening to her family. These notes, sketches and collections of artifacts piled up in shoe boxes and eventually became the graphic novel, an unsparing documentation of her journey in stark black and white.