Growing up in poverty, a man finds an outlet in a racist metal band, when one day fate transforms him and he pursues an unlikely marriage, but when his wife begins to switch, new identities emerge that stretch the limits of love.
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Producers: Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits, Jason Blalock
Content/Trigger Warnings: severe mental illness, Dissociative Identity Disorder, sexual assault, graphic bodily injury, domestic violence, suicide, explicit language
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Music Bed: “Re-Entry” – Lee Rosevere
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