AMERICAN OUTLAWS Trailer. Sean McEwen’s True Crime Drama Premieres at Santa Barbara Film Festival

American Outlaws trailer
American Outlaws directed by Sean McEwen

Here is the first look trailer for American Outlaws, the true crime drama of three siblings facing the possibility of prison take matters into their own hands with a cross-country crime spree. The film is based on a true story and the GQ article “The Whole True Story of the Dougherty Gang” by Kathy Dobie.

Starring in the film are Emory Cohen (Brooklyn; The Place Beyond the Pines; War Machine), India Eisley (Patty Jenkins; I Am The Night; Underworld: Awakening; The Secret Life of the American Teenager), Sam Strike (Timeless; Leatherface; EastEnders), Tess Harper (No Country For Old Men; Tender Mercies; Crimes of the Heart), Cory Hardrict (American Sniper; Warm Bodies; Battle Los Angeles), and Treat Williams (Chicago Fire; Deep Rising; Blue Bloods), joined by Mackenzie Graham (Nancy Drew And The Hidden Staircase; Darlin; Sacrifice), Vanessa Giselle (Mayans M.C.; Vida; The American King), Lance E. Nichols (Queen of the South; The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; Assassination Nation), Johnny Ray Gibbs (American Trash; Old Man Jackson; Mr. Blue), and Troy Metcalf (Baskets; Strangers With Candy; The Middle).

Written and directed by Sean McEwen (Braking For Whales; Sick Girl), American Outlaws makes its West Coast Premiere at at Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) 2023 on Friday, February 17th at 8:40pm followed by Q&A.

While the true story of American Outlaws encompasses the proverbial bells and whistles of compelling storytelling — sex, drugs and rock & roll (the sister, a former stripper now toting an AK47, two brothers with a wild streak and the propensity to live life on the razor’s edge with gunplay, police chases and bank robberies galore) — at its heart, it’s a story about family. Three siblings, on a cross-country journey, with the strongest desire to find the simplest element… Home. A place to be together. Safe. Happy. Free.

Watch the trailer for American Outlaws

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