Summary: A TEACHER filmmaker Hannah Fidell and two of its primary actors, Lindsay Burdge & Will Brittain, are the guests on this dispatch episode from the SxSW Film Festival in Austin. SYNOPSIS: Diana (Burdge), a young, attractive teacher at a suburban Texas high school, is well-liked by her students and colleagues. Her life seems to be following the status quo, but in reality she’s having a secret affair with her student Eric (Brittain). She confides in no one but him, reveling in the teenage terrain of sexting and backseat quickies. Even when the risk of discovery looms over their relationship, her investment in the fantasy remains stronger than reality. Unable to control herself, she heads down a reckless path of self-destruction. Picked up Oscilloscope Labs.
