BIRD IN HAND

Written and directed by MELODY C. ROSCHER

Release: 2026
Runtime: 90
Country: U.S.
Language: English
Director: Melody C. Roscher
Cast: Alisha Wainwright, Christine Lahti, James Le Gros, Annabelle Dexter-Jones, Jeffrey Nordling, K. Todd Freeman 
World Premiere: Tribeca Festival 2025

A bride-to-be with a secret agenda returns to her hometown, using her wedding plans to manipulate everyone in her orbit.

OPENING OCTOBER 2

October 2 - Roxy Cinema (New York, NY) - TICKETS
October 4 - Roxy Cinema (New York, NY) - TICKETS
October 5 - Nitehawk Cinema (Brooklyn, NY) - TICKETS
October 7 - Community Theater (Catskill, NY)
October 9-11 - VIDIOTS Microcinema (Los Angeles, CA) - TICKETS
October 14 - American Cinematheque (Los Angeles, CA)
October 23 - Music Box Theatre (Chicago, IL) - TICKETS
October 24 - Bryn Mawr Film Institute (Philadelphia, PA) - TICKETS
October 25 - Heights Cinema (Minneapolis, MN) - TICKETS
October 25 - Circle Cinema (Tulsa, OK)
November 2 - Alamo Drafthouse (Charlottesville, VA)
November 5 - Studio Two Three with Film Society (Richmond, VA) - TICKETS

More shows being added!

SYNOPSIS

Inspired by Roscher’s own biracial experience, BIRD IN HAND follows the newly engaged Bird Rowe (Alisha Wainwright) as she returns to her rural hometown to plan the wedding with her narcissistic hippie mother Carlotta (Christine Lahti). Bird also has a hidden agenda, one that leads her to her mother's new neighbors, a misguided couple on a mission to 'rebrand' a plantation. Truth, lies, and fantasy collide against that backdrop, leading to a surprising climax as tender as it is funny.

Roscher's bitingly comic feature film debut weaves themes of race, belonging, and family into Bird’s mercurial journey back to herself. James LeGros, Jeffrey Nordling, and Annabelle Dexter-Jones co-star.

PRESS

ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALIST - BIRD IN HAND (Tribeca 2025) Review. By Sherin Nicole.

FEMALE GAZE: THE FILM CLUB - BIRD IN HAND (Tribeca 2025) Review. By Morgan Roberts.

THE MOVEABLE FEAST - A Return to the Nest Gets Thorny in Melody C. Roscher’s Incisive “Bird in Hand” (Tribeca 2025) Review. By Stephen Saito.