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Superpowerless (2016)

Superpowerless poster
Directed by
Duane Andersen
Genre
independent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 20m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man in his late twenties returns to his hometown in the San Francisco Bay Area. He grapples with his lack of direction and reconnects with old friends.

personalintrospectivebittersweetlow-keygroundedsincerewistful

What happens

Superpowerless is a 2016 American feature film and the feature directorial debut of Duane Andersen. An autobiographical collaboration between Andersen and childhood friend/lead actor/co-producer Josiah Polhemus, the screenplay was written by Andersen and Dominic Mah. Production took place in early 2014 throughout the San Francisco Bay Area including Andersen and Polhemus's hometown of Palo Alto. The film premiered in July 2016 at the Fantasia International Film Festival and was released in the Fall of 2017 by First Pond Entertainment. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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