Drifter In The Mist (formerly “Hobo In The Mist”)

This is a subversive black comedy that crosses genres: social satire, mystery, crime, the supernatural. It’s also a Save Your Local Library movie. (And this is how you tell book-banners to go to Hell.)

We live in an era where people would rather blame a scapegoat than take responsibility, but look at history. It’s always been that way. An entire global religion, Christianity, is based on a scapegoat story. And there are a hundred Donald Trumps passing the buck for every Harry Truman.

There’s a drugging, a mugging, a church fire and a murder. All fingers point to the stranger in town.

Spoiler Alert: A gay-bashing teenager struggles with his homosexuality. His ex-girlfriend acts out, then plots to skip town. A crusading pastor hosts a book-burning. The mayor fires the librarian to get her hands on the library property. An obese coach doses his star athlete to win bets. A high school teacher is caught abusing one of his students. The fire chief sets fire to a church. A diner owner stages a mugging. And a Sheriff investigates a murder he committed. All wind up blaming a passing drifter But the biggest surprise of all is who the drifter is and why he’s in town in the first place. (He’s an angel attempting to rescue his sister from Hell.)

Think Robert Altman’s “Nashville” meets “High Plains Drifter” in The Twilight Zone.