Film Overview

MYSTIC SWIRL
When I was 9 years old a childhood friend named Freddie got sick. He had Leukemia. He was a good kid and generously shared his love of magic tricks with me. In fact, he gave me a plastic magic hat that I played with for hours on end. We had fun playing and doing tricks together too. My family eventually moved away and I lost touch with Freddie... but I never stopped thinking about him. Over the years, my interest in magic tricks grew. I studied theater and became a nationally known touring magician www.stevetrash.com. Through my profession I've been lucky enough to visit many children’s hospitals and I've always been amazed by the incredible strength of sick children. Whether it's a kid on dialysis or in the Cancer ward. They're always so emotionally strong. Eventually all this thinking about them threw me into writing, producing and directing a short movie called Mystic Swirl. It's the uplifting story of a family dealing with the loss of a child to Cancer. It's a very good low budget movie that I believe might heal the grieving pain families who've lost children may feel. Hope so. Steve Richerson - writer director :)