The Summer That Felt Like Fall
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Nakia and her siblings are forced on a sudden move by their secretive parents from sunny San Diego to the middle of nowhere NorCal. Miles away from everything and everyone they love, they try to rebuild in the secluded town. Locked away from the world the five siblings Nakia, Ameen, Namir, Hausa, and Aida begin to uncover strange things going on in thew town and within their own home. The usual summer heat is substituted for fog and gloom to compliment the new flavor of abuse their parents carry out on them.
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TW: Parental Abuse, Exploration of Sexuality, Religious Trauma and exploration of religion.
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