Dead Deer High

🦌 WE HAVE OUR WORLD PREMIERE! 🦌 DEAD DEER HIGH will screen at SXSW in March 2026. Thrilled to be a part of their 40th year of showcasing films. @sxsw We made a movie about poetry and teaching. Dead Deer High was written, directed, edited and produced by teachers. We can’t wait to share this film with the world! Thank you to everyone who has supported us along the way. Written by Joshua Roark Directed by @thejorochelle Starring: Zack Kozlow, Holden Goyette, Kyla Brown, Christian Cruz, Joseph Bertot, Ayanna Berkshire, Madelyn Grace, Aaron Cammack, Kristina Haddad, Audrey Kennedy Kozlow, Julia Prud’homme, Lindsay Welliver, Jen Rowe, Brady Nelson, Denise Collins, Makelle Jenise, Brandon Jorgensen, Coco Kleinpeter, Lowell Deo, Mr. Ofstein, Everest Nevraumont, Zach Porter, Chinelo Okpala, Ben Engelmen, Bill Johns, Amber Wolfe Produced by: Joshua Roark, Scott Segal, Jim Bellinson, Randy Weiss, Michelle Segal, Carolyn Bellinson Director of Photography: Anup Kulkarni Edited by: Tangier Clarke Associate Producers: Evan Brown and Amanda Brott Casting by: Lana Veenker and Eryn Goodman Costume Design by: Lisa Hanson Sound by: Daniel Chang Assistant Director: Laura Jean Cronin, Second Assistant Director: Jasira Andrus, Chief Lighting Technician: William Baxter, Assistant Chief Lighting Technician: Amanda Eckle, Key Grip: Gideon Buchleiter, Company Grips: Daniel Ibarra, Dominique Salas, Makeup Department Head: Sable Desiree, Key Makeup Artist: Daniella Rosaline, Script Supervisor: Allycea Weil, First Assistant Camera: Allison Seibert, Second Assistant Camera: Jentzen Willingham, DIT: James Starlin, Jethro Gerbier, Production Assistants: Micah Heemstra, Azrael Tuchenhagen, Sierra Shea, Stunt Coordinator: Freddy Tse, Key Craft Service: Birdi Nagy, Extras Casting: Shelley Honigbaum, Sound Design by: One Thousand Birds, Color Grading by: Royal Muster

🦌 We’re 10 days in and OVER HALFWAY through production! 🦌

THAT’S A WRAP on Dead Deer High! 🦌 18 days of principal photography in Washington are complete 🦌 Thank you to our wonderful cast, crew, locations, and background actors. It was a dream to tell this moving and important story in such a beautiful place. Get updates about the film as it enters post-production by joining our newsletter on our website. Link in @deaddeerhigh bio!

🦌 Dead Deer High had two amazing screenings in Minneapolis! Thank you @mspfilmsociety and everyone who came out to support! ❤️

MINNEAPOLIS, Dead Deer High has arrived and is so excited to be screening with @mspfilmsociety !

Behind the scenes of the Dead Deer High after party following our world premiere at SXSW! 🦌Thanks to the Austin youth poet laureates for sharing their poetry with us! 🦌

That’s a wrap on SXSW 2026! We had a fabulous time!

If you were wondering how our #sxsw world premiere went 🦌 Two screenings down! One to go (March 18 @ 11:30am at the Alamo Drafthouse)!

THREE DAYS AWAY from our WORLD PREMIERE at SXSW! We reached out to the incredible artist @cmloweart to illustrate a poster for us and thank you @screenrant for debuting an exclusive clip today! March 12 @ 3:45pm March 13 @ 9:30pm March 18 @ 11:30am Thank you to the entire SXSW programming team including @claudasaur , @peterhallhuman , and @aurevoirfrancois ! We’ll see ya in Austin soon 🤠

🤠 See you in Austin! Our SXSW screening times are March 12 @ 3:45pm, March 13 @ 9:30pm and March 18 @ 11:30am! Link in bio! #sxsw

Take a look behind the scenes of the editing process of Dead Deer High 🦌

That’s a wrap wrap on DDH. 🦌 All the scenes have been filmed! 🦌