FIlm Overview
THE GAME WAS HIS IDENTITY. LOSING IT WAS ONLY THE BEGINNING.
THE STORY
A promising college football player from Northern California has spent his life chasing one dream: making it to the NFL.
But when that future slips away, the identity he's built around football begins to unravel. Struggling with public expectations and a life beyond the game, an explosive confrontation with a fan threatens everything he has left.
Forced to confront his past through therapy, he begins uncovering the childhood trauma, abandonment, and emotional wounds he's spent years trying to outrun.
The greatest challenge of his life won't be winning another game. It will be learning how to live without one.
WHY Now!
Behind the helmets, stadium lights, and expectations are individuals facing pressures the world rarely sees.
PIVOT explores the psychological weight of athletic identity, the silence surrounding men's mental health, and the consequences of public judgment.
But this story reaches far beyond football. It's about losing your sense of direction, confronting the past, and finding the courage to begin again.
Because sometimes our greatest victory is discovering who we are without the things that once defined us.
PIVOT is an independent feature film in development from JerbearFilms, produced by Jeremy WAYNE Brooks.
For financing, talent, production, and distribution inquiries, please contact JerbearFilms. Additional project materials are available to qualified industry professionals upon request.
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JerbearFilms welcomes conversations with potential financing partners, production collaborators, talent representatives, and distribution professionals who want to learn more about PIVOT.
We may share additional project materials with qualified industry contacts upon request.