Is this how it feels to be young, broke, scammed and cast out on the street?

Is this how it feels to be young, broke, scammed and cast out on the street?

Introduction to a Troubling Phenomenon

McKenna became obsessed with the fact that her friend, who was “very smart and competent”, had almost been scammed out of all her savings. She claims that when she started researching the topic she found young people are, contrary to the popular view, more often the victims of such scams than older people.

The Surprising Reality of Scam Victims

And somehow, that seemed to dovetail with a general sense among her friendship group about how challenging the world has become.

Creating a Film Based on Real-Life Struggles

“I was having a lot of conversations about the cost-of-living crisis and financial instability and job insecurity, and the ebb and flow of living with that. And I guess the feeling I wanted to get across in the film is the disorienting, chaotic, and propulsive nature of trying to exist in this stimulating world with all of those external pressures coming through.

A Personal and Time-Sensitive Project

“I felt like it might be the only time I’m interested in dissecting my 20s,” adds the writer-director, who turns 30 next month. “All the other film ideas I’m writing are really not similar at all to this.”

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