Pray for Rain

This film is a suspense thriller set in the drought ridden lands of Central Valley California. Our heroine, Emma, returns to Bella Canejo for her father's funeral. She quickly begins to suspect that his death was not an accident, but may have been a murder. She and the town Sheriff, a childhood friend, Nico, begin to carefully investigate the ever mounting number of suspects. Competing farmers are fueled by desperation, hunger and poverty. Local gangs run fast and loose, terrorizing the community. Environmental activists are believed to blow up a tracker, or two, for their cause.