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LiteShaper Films and Film Las Cruces have teamed up to bring the premiere of the locally produced proof of concept sci-fi short film, “A Door in the Sky, at the Rio Grande Theater in Las Cruces Nov. 16. The event is free and open to the public.
“A Door in the Sky” was written, produced, stars, and was crewed by local Las Cruces filmmakers and actors. Writer/director Richard Lacy hopes the concept short will lead to the creation of a full-length feature film, leading to continued growth for the burgeoning film industry in Las Cruces and continuing to support homegrown talent and stories.
This is a New Mexico centric story that honors New Mexico. Set in the 1970s, it echoes the fantastic Spielbergian adventures of that era but has very much its own original identity. It’s about family transcending grief and connecting with something larger than ourselves.
To be able to fulfill the potential of this piece with local New Mexico filmmakers and craftsman would be a dream worth making a reality,” said director Richard Lacy
The film begins in early summer of 1977 in the small southwestern town of Las Cruces, when the unthinkable happens. Eighteen-year-old physics prodigy Ben West (Blake Bundy), while working with his father, tragically falls from his dad’s water well drilling rig. As Ben lies comatose and close to death in the hospital, his younger brothers Steve (Liam Day) and Rick (River Scott), seven-year-old sister Lori (Skylar Rose) and lifelong friend Mateo Cruz (Matthew Frietze), receive a strange signal in Ben’s homemade electronics lab.
The signal leads to the manifestation of a mysterious alien doorway that could forever alter Ben’s fate, the lives of their family and the destiny of humanity. What is the meaning of the signal and what lies beyond the door in the sky?
“A Door In the Sky” is another example of the wonderful home-grown talent we have here in Las Cruces,” said Film Las Cruces film liaison Andrew Jara. “It’s great to see what talented filmmakers like Richard Lacy can do with the talented cast and crew of Las Cruces.”
The short screens Sunday, Nov. 16, at 1 p.m. at the Rio Grande Theatre. Doors open at 12:30 p.m.
