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#FareLife - Season 1

#FareLife gives us a peak inside the lives of Connecticut strangers from all walks of life as they ride from place to place with everyone's favorite FareRide driver, affectionately called “buddy”. From drag queens to estranged parents to drunk strangers, follow “buddy’s" adventures as he navigates the streets and the pitfalls of living, in this zany, touching and often times irreverent ride of a lifetime. 

  • Brian Hogan
    Director
  • Tyler Stirling
    Director
  • Brian Hogan
    Writer
  • Brian Hogan
    Producer
  • Tyler Stirling
    Producer
  • Allie O'Brien
    Producer
  • Brian Hogan
    Key Cast
    ""buddy" "
  • Hannah Rechtschaffen
    Key Cast
  • Brian Hogan
    Created by
  • Tyler Stirling
    Created by
  • Project Type:
    Short, Television, Web / New Media
  • Genres:
    Drama, Comedy, slice of life, LGBTQ+
  • Runtime:
    22 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    September 25, 2025
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • 2024 UFVA Annual Conference
    Cleveland
    United States
    July 30, 2024
    Sneak Preview Screening
    Official Selection
  • 2024 Sacred Heart Community Theatre Festival
    Fairfield
    United States
    August 30, 2024
    Advanced Screening "First Look"
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Brian Hogan, Tyler Stirling

Brian is an award-winning filmmaker, licensed clinical therapist and life coach. Brian holds two master’s degrees, an MFA in storytelling and an MA in clinical mental health counseling. He is also a certified life coach trained by Martha Beck (Oprah’s life coach), an IFS therapist, certified EFT (tapping) practitioner and trained yoga teacher.

His combination of passions uniquely qualifies Brian to help clients master their own inner-narrative, see past it to their deeper intuition and then learn how to guide their life from that wiser, steadier and more benevolent place that includes, body, mind, heart and spirit.

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Director Statement

As a gay man who grew up in Connecticut in the 1990’s, practicing secrecy like my life depended on it, I learned to escape into the world of stories, on TV, in movies and anywhere I could find them. From the tiny slit in the door of the closet in which I lived my first twenty-three years of life, I watched as everyone grew up around me. I longed to feel “normal” and to have the same milestones everyone else went through: a date to the prom that I was actually attracted to (I went with a girl), a high school sweet heart that wasn’t a classified secret, or just the freedom to be myself. But it was 1995 and LGBTQ+ issues weren’t cool, or trending, or even remotely mainstream. In fact, there wasn’t even a “Q” on there yet, that was over a year away still.

In 1998 I escaped into the world of “born again” Christianity and embarked on a three and half year missionary journey that took me to over thirty countries on four continents. During that time I met people from all walks of life. From African tribes men, to Thai medicine women, from London street beggars to Norwegian Ice fishermen, I experienced so much culture in such a short period of time.

Now, decades later, as a story teller myself, it is my passion to weave tales that strike at the heart of life’s paradox and mystery and reveal the truth about the struggles of humanity. Lastly I hope to represent the infinite diversity to which I’ve born witness in both the mundane and sacred moments of life. If our series can also help to normalize the idea of LGBTQ lifestyles in the hearts and minds of my fellow human travelers on this journey we call being alive, then I’m even more blessed.

All love,
Brian Hogan