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Documentary Explores Grief Through Alternative Healing Legacy

9/22/2025

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Story summary

Invention, directed by Courtney Stephens, uses docu-fiction to explore grief as Carrie inherits her father's alternative healing machine.
Callie Hernandez stars as Carrie, exploring reconciliation of her father's delusions with loss.
Carrie's father, a quack doctor, leaves debts and a questionable legacy; cameos from microbudget directors add indie charm, with Hernandez's father, an alternative medicine advocate, blurring fiction and reality.

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Story summary

Invention, directed by Courtney Stephens, uses docu-fiction to explore grief as Carrie inherits her father's alternative healing machine.
Callie Hernandez stars as Carrie, exploring reconciliation of her father's delusions with loss.
Carrie's father, a quack doctor, leaves debts and a questionable legacy; cameos from microbudget directors add indie charm, with Hernandez's father, an alternative medicine advocate, blurring fiction and reality.