‘Invention’ Filmmakers Courtney Stephens, Callie Hernandez Talk Dead Dads, American Mythology and Innovative Filmmaking from Locarno

After the death of her father, Carrie (Callie Hernandez), the protagonist of “Invention,” finds herself the beneficiary of a patent for an electromagnetic healing device—modeled after one Hernandez’s own late father possessed, a flashing cylinder of multicolored tubes emitting odd electrical noises, looking like something straight out of a sci-fi movie. Los Angeles-based director Courtney […]