INIQUITY

Like her father and brother before her, nobody wants to be a detective more than Beth Gray. INIQUITY follows the spontaneous path of the young forensic-psychology intern as she steps outside the boundaries of doctor/patient confidentiality and pursues her every hunch and assumption with regards to the private murmurings of traveling salesman and functioning alcoholic, Marty “Fence” Blanchette. Marty, the success obsessed and abusive sales manager does his best to mask the demons of his childhood that stem all the way from age 7 when his single mother abandoned him to an orphanage to pursue a relationship with a wealthy man. These demons have returned in Marty’s adulthood since finding his wife hung by the neck in an apparent suicide almost one year ago. Now a string of serial killings that are all too similar to Marty’s wife’s “suicide,” have Beth Gray pushing the envelope as the young intern manipulates law enforcement and her clinical privileges in hopes of impressing her never present, retired policeman father by collaring a serial killer who is preying on high end, high maintenance women of money lust who inhabit the beach city nightlife of Southern California.

  • Joey Lanai
    Director
    Callous, The Disappointment of Jonathan Bender, Cake
  • Joey Lanai
    Writer
    Callous, Two, The Disappointment of Jonathan Bender, Cake, Cut Bank, Tangleweed, What Ever Happened to Red Carpet Randy
  • Jill Herrera
    Producer
    The Disappointment of Jonathan Bender, Cake
  • Joey Lanai
    Producer
    Callous, Two, The Disapointment of Jonathan Bender, Cake
  • Kim Estes
    Key Cast
    "Dr. William Clinkscale"
    Dicks, The Bridge, (2017 Emmy Award Winner)
  • Joey Lanai
    Key Cast
    "Marty "Fence" Blanchette"
    Jane the Virgin, Independence Day 2 - Resurgence, Callous, Target Practice
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Drama, Thriller, Mystery, Psychological Thriller
  • Runtime:
    25 minutes 52 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 4, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    20,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    RED, DIGITAL
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Joey Lanai

I am an actor, writer, director and film maker. Originally pursuing acting, I became enamored with the entire story telling process and feel that writing is where the magic is born. I believe my actor-insight lends itself to making real and edgy choices with dialogue. I've been working diligently at my writing craft and have directed several short films of late, although my first ever directing endeavor was a full length feature called CALLOUS that won 4 Best Pictures in 7 Festival appearances back in 2009. Now with several feature length screenplays completed and at the ready, I'm anxious to see how they are received. I've just completed a 26 minute short film-POC for my feature length script of the same name... INIQUITY.

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Director Statement

I can teach an actor to sell. I can teach a sales person to act. But I can't teach anyone how to write "interesting." Writing is a personal and often lonely path. We act in a classroom, we sing on the stage... but we write in our minds, alone, long before we touch the keyboard. Directing is the mammoth task that is all joy. The long hours don't hurt because there is no compromise or fatigue until the vision is completed.