The Deep End (1999)

In the LA Valley circa 1990's, Selinda tries to make sense of how she ended up a stripper pulling small time hustles for pocket money with her brother Winter. Neither can stay out of trouble at the LA Valley strip joint where she works or will move on from living at home like their father did. Their mother, Leen, keeps asking for daddy's gun back, a tether in each of their stalemates with reality. Winter needs the gun and continues to pressure Selinda to participate in robberies even after one goes wrong. Reckless and bored, everyone speeds towards nowhere. Smart enough to know something should change but with no idea how to get there, Selinda accepts a date with laundromat owner, Chick. In this slice of life film made on the cresting wave of independent cinema lead by maverick producer Cary Woods, whether it is Selinda, Winter or Leen who realize they are in the deep end matters.