With their second film, Shatara Michelle Ford (Test Pattern) puts their singular stamp on the American road movie. Dreams in Nightmares, which stars Denée Benton (The Gilded Age) and Jasmin Savoy Brown (Yellowjackets, Scream 7) 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.

GENRE: Drama
MPAA RATING: No Rating
RUN TIME: 2h 8m
RELEASE DATE: August 21, 2026
STARRING: Denee Benton, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Charlie Barnett, Sasha Compere, Mars Rucker
DIRECTOR(S): Shatara Michelle Ford
PRODUCER(S): Pin-Chun Liu, Shatara Michelle Ford, Naima Abed, Adam Wyatt Tate, Josh Peters
WRITER(S): Shatara Michelle Ford
STUDIO: Lunette Films
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