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ABout the Film

Directed by Silas Howard | 2022 | 100 min

After a near-death experience, Darby gains the ability to see dead people and becomes introverted, preferring to counsel spirits with unfinished business. This changes when Capri,, the school's Queen Bee, dies and pleads with Darby to convince her friends to proceed with her canceled "Sweet 17." To appease Capri, Darby must reintegrate into high school life and find renewed joy among the living.

Screenwriting by Becca Greene, Wenonah Wilms | Executive Produced by Mac Hendrickson, Michele Weisler | Produced by Eddie Rubin, Adam Saunders | Starring Riele Downs, Auli'i Cravalho, Chosen Jacobs

About The Director

Silas Howard is an award-winning director, writer, and producer focused on telling honest, narratives filled with groundbreaking characters. The Los Angeles-based filmmaker brings both uncompromising vision and emotional insight to each of his projects, profoundly illuminating the experience of those who live outside the norm. His credits include executive producing and directing on FX’s Emmy nominated series Pose, executive producing and directing on Apple TV+’s Peabody Award winning Dickinson, and directing Sundance premiere and IFC Films internationally distributed film A Kid Like Jake. His television credits include directing on multiple seasons of Emmy award-winning Transparent, A League of Their Own, The Fosters, Faking It, This Is Us, High Maintenance, Tales of the City, Quantum Leap, and Josh Thomas’ Freeform show, Everything's Gonna Be Okay. 

Howard’s highly anticipated feature film, Darby And The Dead, premiered exclusively on Hulu in December 2022. The film has an eclectic, cross-genre sensibility that is entirely unique following the protagonist Darby Harper, a teenager who is granted the ability to see ghosts after suffering a near death experience in her childhood. To combat the existential boredom of high school, Darby begins a side business counseling local spirits and encounters an unexpected acquaintance in the process.