TANNER FILMS

Tanner Films has emerged as an exciting new production company that tackles difficult teenage issues such as peer pressure, bullying, and drunk driving. Tanner Films founder, Michael Tanner Cusumano, has repeatedly demonstrated his ability to communicate rich and complex tales through the medium of film. The 17-year-old director and producer, a junior at Sierra Canyon School, began his filmmaking career when he was only 12, having enrolled at a summer camp by the New York Film Academy.

IMPETUOUS | A Tanner Films Production

'IMPETUOUS' tells the compelling story about a boy named Alexander, a socially awkward teenager and his impractical crush on a popular teenage girl. The film takes on the issue of teenage bullying in high schools social acceptance and cliques. Alexander, who is constantly picked on, is hopelessly infatuated with Brittany. Brittany and her popular clique are amused by Alexander's infatuation, and so Brittany asks Alexander out on a date as a joke. Surprisingly, as Brittany gets to know Alexander, she begins to like him. Unfortunately, she is unable to reverse the cruel joke that is planned for him.

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