Leverage (2018)

US · 12 min · August 25, 2018

• Drama
• Short

Directed by: Jerusha Pettit

Written by: David Kiang, Jerusha Pettit

Hattie and her brother Ray grew up as missionary kids in Africa before moving back to America to attend college. While at college, Hattie meets Drake and marries him after graduation. Her brother Ray starts an MRI / CAT-Scan company with Drake where the two form a successful recipe of Drake handling sales and Ray runs the day to day operations / administration. All is well until Ray decides to go to India as a missionary which deeply upsets Drake as he knows he cannot run the business successfully by himself. Drake and Hattie's marriage is strained as Drake buckles under the pressure of work as well as the usual tensions that matrimony can bring. As Hattie plans a going away party for Ray, Drake decides to take matters into his own hands.