Ever wanted to leave everything and just go? This deeply personal feature
length documentary chronicles the journey of Tishin Padilla as he sacrifices
everything to drive alone across America from Hollywood Avenue in the Bronx
to Hollywood, California then back to Hollywood Avenue to get a distribution
deal for the documentary of that very trip. Witness the cost of standing for
what you believe and chasing after your dreams.
On November 4, 2004 Tishin Padilla's boss owed him 21 comp days and 15 vacation
days. When his boss didn't want to honor Tishin's request to redeem the days
Tishin decided he would take them anyway. He would finally take his dream
vacation, a cross country trip from his apartment on Hollywood Avenue in the
Bronx to Hollywood, California and back. None of Tishin's friends could take
the time off to make the trip, so he decided he would do it alone. The plan
was to visit as many National Parks and major cities as possible and return
to his Bronx apartment and job in 27 days.
Inspired by the story of how Matt Damon and Ben Affleck wrote, "Good Will Hunting" on a road trip, Tishin thought he would write his first feature length screenplay on the road. Two days into the trip, as a way of keeping memories of his vacation, he started videotaping his journey. On the fourth day his plans took a turn for the best when he videotaped himself as he jumped off of a waterfall in the Smoky Mountains and severely injured his ankle. What appeared to be the end of his trip turned out to be the inspiration to change his plans of writing a screenplay to creating a documentary of his road trip. Follow Tishin, a born again Christian, as he follows his convictions and pays the price for achieving his goal to make it to Hollywood to create his neovangelical films.
The Adventures of Highwaychild is the personal journey of one man refusing to believe that being a Christian equates to a life of simplicity, conformity and mediocrity.
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