Nobody Want to Be Here, Nobody Wants to Leave

Produced by Nate Kohn, Caleb Samples, Cash Robinson and Feike Santbergen, directed by UGA low residency MFA student Cash Robinson and written by MFA graduate Caleb Samples, “Nobody Want to Be Here, Nobody Wants to Leave” is a feature length motion picture currently filming in LaGrange, GA.

Overview: The film stars acclaimed Dutch actor Tine Joustra and an ensemble of Georgia-based actors. The independently financed feature film is a crime drama set in early 2000s southern Appalachia. The story centers on an ensemble cast striving to find meaning in a place as unforgiving as it is beautiful. These small-town folks, who are often forgotten, belittled, or misrepresented across the media landscape, face familiar challenges – addiction, depression, poverty, violence. But rather than rely on cheap stereotypes and predictable narratives, Samples and Robinson present the characters’ stories with an authenticity and complexity seldom afforded to the region or its people. Both the writer and director call the southern Appalachians home, and this rooted perspective produces an aesthetic that rings true. The vivid, pulsing world of “Nobody Wants To Be Here, Nobody Wants to Leave” combines grit with grace in a localized story that speaks to us all. The film will hit the festival circuit later this year.