Alex Therien proudly posts her new status as 1st chair in her school band but is quickly mocked with cruel online comments. Continued hits to her social standing drive her to post a sexy selfie which she soon realizes won’t solve her problems. After arguments with her mom and boyfriend she finally decides to express her true self through her music and discovers that sometimes it’s better to shatter the glass than let others dictate who you are. The original song is co-written, and performed by McKinley Warren.

Director Biography - Patrick Hogan

Patrick was born and raised on the island of Guam, attended Northwestern University in Chicago and then received his MFA from USC film school. His thesis film "The Business Card" was an award-winning short that had the distinction of being the first student film ever sold to an airline for in-flight entertainment.

Pope Dreams - Patrick's feature directorial debut - screened at over 26 festivals around the world, won 11 Best Film awards, and was picked up for distribution by Porchlight Entertainment. It aired on Lifetime Network, was distributed in over 40 countries, and was released on home video and streaming through Netflix and Amazon. His short films Virtually and Killing Time have, to date, screened at over 100 film festivals and won 21 best film awards.

Along with working as a writer/director, Patrick is a highly accomplished supervising sound editor with more than 100 television shows and movies to his credit. He's earned 9 Emmy nominations and 3 Golden Reel Awards for his work on such shows as HBO's "Six Feet Under" Fox's "Family Guy" and the Netflix hits "Cobra Kai" and "Umbrella Academy."