Exit Strategy

Evicted from his apartment, James has to move in with his girlfriend of 3 months. He quickly discovers that she's everything he never wanted in a woman. His only option is to get her to break up with him -- but still let him sleep on the couch.

A man who is trapped in a time loop must work with his brother to prevent a catastrophic fire.

This is the fifth in a series regarding McDaniel’s ability to cope with her emotional and physical traumas: to desire; to bleed; to burn from the inside out and commit to someone new.

I seek treatment for a head injury and a memory is triggered from years earlier. In resistance to my past ways of coping, I release this stored body memory. The second in a series examining how I dissociate in order to cope with emotional and physical trauma.

I develop debilitating chronic pain after a head injury and seek answers about why I cannot heal. I start unraveling the aftermath and realize my pain has dissociated me not only from my mind, muscles, and bones, but from the world. Segments inspired by Christine Miserandino's Spoon Theory of chronic illness. The first in a series regarding my ability to cope with my emotional and physical traumas.

A black comedy about a dysfunctional marriage in a consumerist dystopia.

A young man sits on his couch pondering his life and lack of achievements, failing to see a light at the end of the tunnel. He makes the decision to end his own life, but lacks the proper ambition and motivation to follow through with the act. This leads him down a vicious cycle of repetition in this dark comedic satire about isolation and self hatred.

If you are illegal, we will kill you. If you are legal, do not mess with our plan.

I confront memories that have contributed to my chronic pain. The fourth in a series examining how a head injury has asked me to cope with emotional and physical traumas.

Concert film of Exit Strategy performing in Calgary, Alberta in 2008.