THE TRUCK is an urgent, gripping look at Teen Love and The Freedom to choose in This America right now.

Liz Rao brings her unique vision as a Screenwriter and Director who is Unafraid to Provoke and Dares to Speak Truth to Power, and does it in High Style.

— SPIKE LEE

Liz Rao’s striking voice as writer and director transforms a coming-of-age tale into a visceral look at power dynamics in America. With poetry and courage, The Truck offers a pressing and much-needed perspective on our current moment.

Evoking layered and nuanced performances from Shirley Chen and Daniel Zolghadri as two love-crossed teenagers in trouble, THE TRUCK brings to life a quietly chilling and powerful story.

— JOAN CHEN

Executive Producers JOAN CHEN and SPIKE LEE

Starring SHIRLEY CHEN, DANIEL ZOLGHADRI, and GARRETT RICHMOND

With DUVALL O'STEEN and BRIAN MCCARTHY

a GOLDEN MEDINA FILMS and ZAZA PRODUCTION

Writer-Director LIZ RAO

Producer ELIZA SOROS

Co-Writer JONATHAN FRED SCHNEIDER

Director of Photography GIANNA BADIALI

Casting Directors KATE ANTOGNINI and CHARLOTTE ARNOUX, CSA

Production Design MARIANNE AUVINET GOULD

Co-Executive Producers LINHAO ZHANG and JUNGYOON KIM

Co-Producer YUANLI ZHOU

Associate Producers MANYA GLASSMAN and LORA CRINER

Editor ANDREW MIGLIORI

Music by OREL TAMUZ

Colorist BENJAMIN HANDLER

Production Sound Mixer NIGAM BHANDARI

Sound Design ROTEM DROR

With Additional Sound Mix and Sound Design by HAINA ZHOU

Art Director REBECCA YEONG AE MZENGI COREY

Costume Designer LAUREN CARMEN

Costume Consultant JASMINE LEWIS

1st AC JASON MASELLE

2nd AC GABI AZEVEDO

Gaffer CHARLIE THEOBALD

Key Grip HUNTER STARK

1st Assistant Director MC HARVEY

Unit Production Manager TERRENCE SHU

Hair and Make-Up Artist and Wardrober RACHAEL SONNENBERG

Rigging Grip GULAB SINGH

Intimacy Coordinators BAHAR BAHARLOO and ALEXANDRA TYDINGS

Poster Design and Thumbnail Design SHIPEI WANG

Title Design CADE FEATHERSTONE

Director’s Assistant ANNA ZHANG

With Additional Original Music by GILAD BARAKAN

“Your Baby Blues” vocals by ANDY BRAME

“Jo’s song” vocals by SHIRLEY CHEN

“Tardigrades” vocals by LIZ RAO

Made With the Generous Support of
Mariana, Yuval, Oren, Maya and Michal Neria
Daniell Hudson
Fractured Atlas
ARRI Rental
Hand Held Films
Gotham Sound and Communications
Joseph Bailey, From Europe to You
Ravi K. Nandigama, McCarthy’s Pharmacy
Lauren Osterman, Town of Stanford
Christa Cerul, Stanford Free Library

Very Special Thanks
Noam Argov
Eleven Bruno
Jackson Bull
Mick Casale
Miguel Cedillo
Trish Crist
Caryn Coleman
Josephine Decker
Dr. Mary Jo Gilmer
Shuli Huang
Tony Janelli
Billy Kent
Sulwyn Lok
Tom Mangan
Eurus Meng
Peter Newman
Andreas Nicholas
Krista Parris
Carmia Schneider
Barbara Schock
Julia Solomonoff
Todd Solondz
Erica Steiner
Dr. Arnold Strauss
John Tintori
David Usui
Ubaldo Vargas
Jane Wu
Haina Zhou
Julie Zhu
Sameh Zoabi

This film was made possible by generous grants from The Future of Film is Female, The Clive J. Davis Foundation and produced at New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film and Television, with fiscal sponsorship from Fractured Atlas.

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