The Way of Seeming

The Way of Seeming is a 2015 independent psychological thriller written and directed by Joshua D. Maley and starring KateLynn Newberry, Madison Siple, Jess Paul, Max Pavel, and Ellen Connally. The film chronicles Dawn Hannah's quest for answers in the wake of her sister's disappearance and the death of her mother. The film was inspired by the urban legends surrounding Wolf Run Road, otherwise known as Mystery Mile, in the borough of Industry, PA.
The film is currently in preproduction, and will begin principle photography in July, 2015.
Plot
Something is wrong in the small borough of Industry, Pennsylvania. For almost seventy years, there have been stories, whispers of strange goings-on in the hills above the Ohio River. In the suffocating darkness of these wooded roads, it's said that animals turn rabid. That the shadows themselves will reach out and take you. That those the forest claims, the forest keeps.
All Dawn (KateLynn Newberry) knows is that her sister went into that forest, and never came out. And too soon after, Dawn's mother, Marie (Lisa Dapprich), perished under psychiatric care, claiming she could still hear her missing daughter calling to her from the forest. Begging for help.
But so can Dawn. Since that first fateful night, Dawn's sister has come to visit every time she closes her eyes. And recently, even when they're open. Desperate to find answers before she shares her mother's fate, Dawn's journey is spiraling towards its end. Before it's over, she and those she loves will uncover the truth behind Mystery Mile...or die trying.
Cast
* KateLynn Newberry as Dawn Hannah
* Madison Siple as Rebecca Rainer ("Raine")
* Jess Paul as Celina Ashford
* Max Pavel as James Irving
* Ellen Connally as Amanda Grace
* Lisa Dapprich as Marie Hannah
* Unknown as Joseph Hannah
* Tom Mirth as Officer Bill Young
* Alyssa Maley as Young Dawn
* Riley Markis as Shawn Hannah
* Unknown as Doctor Lowry
* Justin Rose as Orderly
* Samantha Daigle as Nurse
Production
Filming
The Way of Seeming begins filming on July 18, 2015. The film will be shot in and around Beaver County, PA and some locations in Pittsburgh, PA.
Origin
The Way of Seeming is based on the real life urban legend of Mystery Mile, from Industry, PA. The title is borrowed from the work of Parmenides, a Greek philosopher and poet from Elea. In his only surviving work, On Nature, Parmenides describes two states of reality: The Way of Truth, and The Way of Seeming (or "opinion" in some translations). In the work, he argued that the accepted way of seeing the world around you (the way of seeming) was erroneous, and argued to accept the way of truth, that nothing comes from nothing and that the reality of the world is one being, unchanging.
 
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