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EL PASO 857

When Casey Cannon sees that tall green Texas road sign, he takes it as a challenge and sets out on foot to traverse the giant state from border to border. Casey walks to block out the pain of discovering his mother's affair and to find a way to tell his brother the truth. Dustin Cannon can only drop his head and follow: his younger brother needs looking out for.

Casey (Jono Young) embodies the spitfire image of the original Texan frontier settlers. Rash, raw, and reckless, he makes the ladies love him despite knowing better and never backs down from a fight, even one he's sure to lose. Whereas Casey shoots from the hip, Dustin (Zach Freeman) is nothing but a straight-shooter.

The brothers travel from the flatlands and marshes of the East through the Hill Country to the desolate plateaus and desert of the West, taking on every bull ride, barbecue, and barfight along the way. Shot along the highways and back roads of the Lone Star State as well as at Gruene Hall, one of Texas's most storied dancehalls, Coyote Funeral makes Texas as much a character as a setting. Whether or not Casey and Dustin make it to El Paso will depend less on braving the elements than surviving each other.