Wish Me Away
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Bobbie Birleffi
Russell Carter
Welton Gaddy
Natalie Morales-rhodes
Victoria Wilson
Don Cusic
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Emerging from a lifetime of hiding and shame that brings her to the brink of suicide, country singer Chely Wright comes out as gay, shattering cultural and religious stereotypes within Nashville, her conservative heartland family and, most importantly, herself. Knowing that she risks losing the dream that has inspired her since the age of four, she takes the bold step to use her public capital, not to better her career, but to speak out on one of the most polarizing civil rights issues of our time. Growing up in Wellsville, Kansas, in the heart of the Bible Belt, she prays daily, "Dear God, please don't let me be gay." Arriving in Nashville at seventeen, she quickly realizes that she will have to keep her sexual identity under wraps to make it in this town. No Country star had ever come out as gay, and there is no way she will be the first. But even at the height of her success, she remembers looking in the mirror and whispering, "Who are you? What are you doing?" Finally, having painted herself into a corner, she realizes that she cannot survive the life she has created.
Cast
Russell Carter
Welton Gaddy
Natalie Morales-rhodes
Victoria Wilson
Don Cusic
Meredith Vieira
Howard Bragman
Rodney Crowell
Stan Wright
Jennifer Wright
Richard Sterban
Chely Wright
Crew
Laverne Berry
Richard Bever
Bobbie Birleffi
Howard Bragman
Russell Carter
Rodney Crowell
Don Cusic
Rhonda Eiffe
Fletcher Foster
Welton Gaddy
William Kapfer
Beverly Kopf
Ellen Krantz
Paul Mailman
Paul Mailman
Natalie Morales-rhodes
Lisa Palattella
Richard Sterban
Meredith Vieira
Victoria Wilson
Wendy L. Wood
Chely Wright
Jennifer Wright
Stan Wright
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Miscellaneous Notes
Limited Release in United States June 1, 2012
Released in United States 2011
Limited Release in United States June 1, 2012
Released in United States 2011 (Documentary Competition)
Released in United States 2011 (Centerpiece/Documentaries)
Released in United States 2011 (Documentary Features)
Released in United States 2012 (True Stories)
Released in United States 2012
