2026 Sarasota Film Festival
Straighten Up and Fly Right
Film: Straighten Up And Fly Right
2022• 1 hr 28 min• United States• English
20s something, Kristen battles with a severe form of arthritis, Ankylosing Spondylitis, and is permanently bent over. Things go sideways when she is evicted from her apartment and her boss sends her to walk a new client's dog. There she meets Steven, an older man who is also bent over.
Directed by Kristin Abate & Steven Tanenbaum
Narrative Feature
About This Event
In a funk, Kristen, a physically disabled New York woman, walks dogs for a living but dreams of being a writer and as her life unravels, she must make a choice to fall apart or straighten up.
Cast
Kristen Abate, Steven Tanenbaum, Marianna McClellan, AJ Cedeño
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