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Bonnie Ryan

BK Ryan's Fox submission includes a narrative feature "Grandma's House," directed under the mentorship of Robert Rodriguez, followed by award winning narrative short "Three Legged Dog." "Grandma's House" is directed, co-written, operated, and edited by Bonnie Kathleen Ryan. The film was shot in two weeks for seven thousand dollars as part of Robert Rodriguez's series Rebel Without a Crew Grandma's House Synopsis: Desperate for a place to live, grad student Julie Grayson rents a room in a southern gothic mansion with a sweet but eccentric, widow who likes to be called, ‘Grandma.’ At first, Julie reads the woman’s old-fashioned rules as symptoms of the generation gap. But when Grandma’s behavior becomes increasingly unhinged, Julie finds herself at the mercy of a landlady with a dark and dangerous plan for her! (If you are pressed for time, please skip to 46:46 for my favorite scene in the film) Three Legged Dog: California, surfer-girl Abby (SWF) seeks open-minded partner to amputate her left arm. Serious inquiries only. Award-winning short film, 'Three-Legged Dog' is a dark comedy that explores the pathos and isolation of a woman with a very rare, but very real condition: Body Identity Integrity Disorder (BIID) Abby is ‘Transabled.’ She struggles with (BIID), an obsessive desire to remove her left arm so that she may live comfortably in her own body. Unlike a transgender person who can undergo reassignment surgery, BIID sufferers have no medical recourse to seek amputation. U.S laws and the Hippocratic oath forbid doctors from removing a healthy limb. The lack of a medical alternative often forces people with BIID to turn to dangerous and illegal means to achieve the desired amputation.