Life Inside Out
| Year | 2013 |
| Starring | David Cowgill, Finneas O'Connell, Maggie Baird |
| Director(s) | Jill D'Agnenica |
| Runtime | 102 minutes |
| Producer(s) | Tessa Bell |
| Writer(s) | Lori Nasso, Maggie Baird |
Laura is a devoted mother of three teenage boys and her youngest son Shane is the family misfit and a disappointment to his father. When we first meet Laura, she is half-heartedly hosting a scrapbooking party for her sister Lydia’s new multi-level marketing business. When she stumbles upon her long forgotten guitar, she is taken under its spell and soon rediscovers her love for songwriting.
Shane has cut himself off from the activities that his father and brothers enjoy. When Laura impulsively decides to sing at her first open-mic night, she takes Shane along for the ride-an act of both pity and motherly instinct. Her first performance is a borderline disaster but with Shane’s encouragement, she eventually tries again. Despite her rocky entry into the late night mélange of musicians and unusual characters that populate the open-mic nights, Laura starts to blossom and Shane seems oddly at home. Soon, following his mother’s lead and with the help of YouTube and a couple of new-found mentors at the club, Shane picks up Laura’s guitar and begins to discover musical gifts of his own.
As family pressures rise Laura finds herself pulled between the worlds of responsibility and creative joy. Ultimately, her first brave steps prove to be the catalyst for changing not only her life, but Shane’s, in complex and unpredictable ways.