Rockaway | Melanie Schiele

A young woman's questionable behavior to free herself from an abusive past leads to a painful reliving of it in Rockaway, Queens, New York. www.melanieschiele.com www.twitter.com/melanieschiele www.twitter.com/rockawaythefilm www.instagram.com/melanieannbk www.facebook.com/rockawayshortfilm "Director Melanie Schiele allows the setting to reverberate through Teresa’s inner life, the off-season deserted beaches and well-worn bars reflect a painful past she's trying to escape...Carried by a tremendous performance by Audrey Tommassini, a riveting presence as she blows through Queens, the film is an affecting coming-of-age portrait on a trail of abuse and isolation shot in beautiful Super 16mm." - Kentucker Audley, NoBudge Founder/Curator nobudge.com/main/rockaway "Rockaway, directed by Melanie Schiele, is both a starkly evocative portrait of the New York City neighborhood it depicts and was shot in, and a frank but poignant character study." - Glenn Kenny, The New York Times nytimes.com/2018/03/02/movies/nobudge-a-one-man-independent-film-factory.html