DREAMS IN NIGHTMARES Trailer: A Trio of Friends Go On A Different Kind of Road Trip in New Drama
After her stunning 2019 feature debut, Test Pattern, writer-director Shatara Michelle Ford is back with a new drama that measures the strength of friendship and chosen family. Dreams In Nightmares stars Denée Benton, Sasha Compère, and Dezi Bing as a trio of best friends who take a road trip through the American Midwest in search of another member of their pack (Mars Storm Rucker) who has disappeared without a trace. It also stars Jasmin Savoy Brown, Robert Wisdom, Charlie Barnett, and Regina Taylor. After travelling the festival circuit in 2024 and 2025, which included Berlinale and NewFest, Lunette has now unveiled the official trailer ahead of its release beginning in NYC on August 21 and LA on August 28, before expanding wide in September.
As the official synopsis reads:
With their second film, Shatara Michelle Ford (Test Pattern) puts their singular stamp on the American road movie. Dreams in Nightmares follows a group of queer friends in their mid-30s navigating love, identity, and belonging across America. Anchored in themes of chosen family and self-discovery, the film blends humor and emotional depth against the backdrop of a journey through the Midwest and beyond. Dreams in Nightmares is an expansive and tender ode to the chosen family and to the radical act of claiming space to dream—and to exist—in an increasingly fraught country.
Watch the official trailer below.
