If You Ever Hurt My Daughter, I Swear to God I’ll Let Her Navigate Her Own Emotional Growth

 

“If You Ever Hurt My Daughter, I Swear to God I’ll Let Her Navigate Her Own Emotional Growth” is a short film adaptation of Sophie Kohn’s Daily Shouts column featuring Jon Hamm as the voice of a father meeting his daughter’s boyfriend, flipping the stereotypes of the encounter on their head.

Directed and produced by Meghan Ross alongside her brother Justin Ross for Brave Makers, the short premiered on The New Yorker in June 2020 and was selected for Film Shortage’s Daily Pick and NewFilmmakersLA October 2020 Virtual Film Festival. It was also featured in The New Yorker’s Best Shouts of 2020, Vulture’s Best Comedy Shorts of July 2020, Ms.Magazine, The Austin Chronicle, PopSugar, and more.

 

Our latest short film release for The New Yorker, starring Jon Hamm

If You Ever Hurt My Daughter, I Swear to God I’ll Let Her Navigate Her Own Emotional Growth is a short film adapted from the hilarious and heartwarming humor essay written by Toronto-based comedian Sophie Kohn (CBC Comedy), which was featured in The New Yorker’s Daily Shouts column in June, 2018. It features a monologue from a man who appears first as a stereotypical, overprotective patriarchal figure, but through clever turn of phrase, is quickly revealed to be a progressive, boundary-respecting father of a teenage daughter named Raina.

Shot in Montclair, New Jersey, the short film features voiceover narration from actor Jon Hamm, alongside performances from lead actors David Afflick (Father), Alani Waters (Raina), and James Denzer (Jaxsen).

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