NORA

Sneak preview screening of a brand new indie film about motherhood and ambition in modern day. Following the film will be a panel discussion with the filmmaker and other female creative professionals from the East End community and a reception.

After walking away from her career in music, NORA returns to her hometown to focus on her precocious six-year-old, a new house, a new school year, and the place she deliberately left behind. As she settles in, however, her dreams and ambitions have different plans.

NORA takes an honest look at the pressures created by modern motherhood and exposes the tension between a mother’s dreams and those she has for her family. This dynamic is expressed authentically through a raw, original indie rock soundtrack.
The film contrasts Nora’s reality with a fantasy world shown through music videos that entice the MTV generation to find themselves in their forgotten dreams.

Following the screening, WLIW-FM's Gianna Volpe will moderate a panel discussion featuring NORA filmaker Anna Campbell, Angela LaGreca, Four-time Emmy winner Kate Mueth, and more!

Anna Campbell - Writer, Director, NORA

Anna Campbell is an actor, producer, and director born in Portland, OR. After graduating from Vassar College with honors, she moved back to the west coast to pursue her dreams of being an actor in Los Angeles. Her first role was on Veronica Mars, and she has appeared on Mad Men, NCIS LA, Leverage, Grimm, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, Teachers, and NCIS among others.

It took a few years before realizing that producing and directing were an essential part of having a significant voice in the stories being made, at which point she fully embraced being a hyphenate. NORA, her first feature film was finished in 2024.

Anna loves her children, rescuing dogs, cooking and baking, movies, hiking and learning new things every day.

Nick Fink - ADAM

Nick Fink is a triple-threat plus. He can act, make the surliest of people burst out in laughter or tears, and sing in a smooth baritone. He was “Ryan Clarke” on the CW series Legacies, “Fesperman” in Judas and the Black Messiah, “Wilson” on the web series sensation Guilty Party, “Jake” on the internet hit T@gged, “Shawn” on the Freeform series The Fosters and he played Brandon Page on All Rise.

You may ask, “How can one man be so many people at once?” Simple. Nick Fink is an actor in demand. Nick’s breakout role was “Tyler” in the critically-acclaimed MTV series Sweet/Vicious, and he is just plain multi-talented. Improv, singing, standup, acting, multimedia visual arts, and playing piano and guitar; the list of Fink skills goes on and on- he can even solve a Rubix cube in under a minute. This heart-throb with a strong following on social media also plays a mean hacky sack and is so charming, he’ll always let you win.
Originally from Fargo, North Dakota, Fink landed in Los Angeles by way of Arizona when he sang his heart out on American Idol, making it through to the Hollywood callbacks. His first acting break was recurring on FOX’s hit series Glee, and then lots of good stuff following: a guest starring role on CBS’s The Mentalist and Criminal Minds, co-starring on FX’s Justified, six test deals, several national commercials (Apple, Microsoft, Jeep & Shoe Dazzle), and all sorts of online projects. He was also a regular cast member on the Disney online series Explored and won Boy Search, Funny or Die’s reality singing competition to form a new boy band called The New Average, in which he is highlighted in their hit single "Hey! (The Last Night Ever)."
More recently he has appeared in the series Justified, The Mentalist, and The Spring Breakers. And the hit film, Trace.
Nick has also had time to fit in starring in several feature films:  The Way You Look Tonight, Ostrichland, The Turner Risk, Nora, Ghost Squad, Trace, Loserville, and as the lead in the independent film, The Great and The Small alongside Melanie Lynskey, Ritchie Coster, Louisa Krasue and Ann Dowd, which has been garnering acclaim on the festival circuit. Serious preparation goes into every acting role as he immerses himself into the character. Nick Fink is a very busy guy, but he wouldn’t have it any other way.

Lesley Ann Warren - TERRY

After winning Broadway’s “Most Promising Newcomer” Award at the age of 17, in the Broadway production 110 In the Shade, Lesley Ann Warren found stardom on the small screen in the title role of the legendary Rogers & Hammerstein’s musical adaptation of Cinderella.

Warren’s film debut was in Disney’s The Happiest Millionaire, but it was her brilliant performance in Blake Edwards’ comic masterpiece, Victor/Victoria, that won her nominations for an Academy Award, and a Golden Globe, as well as winning a New York Film Critics Award and a People’s Choice Award. Additionally, Warren received nominations for a Golden Globe as a Songwriter, and a People’s Choice Award for "Choose Me".

Film credits additionally include 10th and Wolf (written and directed by Academy Award winner Bobby Moresco), Secretary, Steven Soderbergh’s The Limey, Clue, Burglar, Pure Country, Cop and Mel Brooks' Life Stinks.

Warren’s television credits include a Golden Globe Award for her Best Actress performance in the miniseries 79

Park Avenue. She also was nominated for a Golden Globe and an Emmy for her role in the CBS miniseries Family of Spies. Warren received a Cable Ace nomination for her work in Tennessee Williams’ 27 Wagons Full of Cotton. She also received Cable Ace and Golden Globe nominations for her work in HBO Pictures’ Baja Oklahoma. Further television credits include leading roles in the NBC telefilm Evergreen, and the Emmy winning TNT miniseries Joseph (opposite Ben Kingsley).

Warren’s recurring roles in television include a comedic tour de force opposite Sydney Pollack on NBC’s hit comedy Will & Grace, the ABC series Desperate Housewives and most recently, five seasons in the USA Network drama, In Plain Sight, as well as the 100th episode of Psych, a tribute to the movie Clue, COMMUNITY for Yahoo, GIGI DOES IT for IFC, GIRLFRIENDS’ GUIDE TO DIVORCE for Bravo, BLUNT TALK for Starz, DAREDEVIL for Netflix, Jenji Kohan’s AMERICAN PRINCESS for Lifetime, BROKE for CBS and ALL RISE for CBS.

Warren’s recently credits include the series regular role on PANHANDLE for Sony starring opposite Luke Kirby, ECHO BOOMERS starring opposite Michael Shannon, 3 DAYS WITH DAD starring opposite J.K. Simmons and the upcoming feature films HOME DELIVERY co-starring opposite Rainn Wilson, Jimmi Simpson and Donald Faison and SHADOW WATCHERS co-starring Paula Andrea Placido.

Kate Miner- JESSICA

Kate finished shooting the lead roles in the upcoming films FESTIVAL OF TREES, STAY SAFE, and NORA. She also recently starred in the thriller A PODCAST TO DIE FOR. In 2021, she wrapped a series regular role on Showtime’s hit show SHAMELESS. She previously guest starred on Netflix’s DISJOINTED and has booked series regular roles on multiple shows including the NBC pilot HOLDING PATTERNS, PHYS ED (ABC Family), and PERSONS UNKNOWN (Fox). Her extensive TV credits include NCIS: HAWAII, CSI: MIAMI, UGLY BETTY, NECESSARY ROUGHNESS, TWO AND A HALF MEN and SCANDAL. On the feature side, Kate has appeared alongside Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis in THE CAMPAIGN, in Marlon Wayans’ FIFTY SHADES OF BLACK, and in Bradford May’s STREET.

Sophie Mara Baaden - SADIE

And introducing SOPHIE MARA BAADEN as “SADIE” - Anna Campbell’s real life daughter in her first starring role.