MY DEAD FRIEND ZOE is a dark comedy-drama that follows the journey of Merit (Sonequa Martin-Green), a U.S. Army veteran from Afghanistan, who is at odds with her family over the death of her best friend Zoe (Natalie Morales). from the Army. Despite the tenacity of her VA advisor (Morgan Freeman), the tenacious love of her mother (Gloria Reuben), and the ease of an unexpected love interest, Merit’s cozy, dysfunctional friendship with Zoe keeps the two isolated from the world. That is until Merit’s grandfather (Ed Harris), holed up in the family’s ancestral lake house, begins to lose his way and needs the one thing he refuses…help. At its core, this is a buddy movie about a complicated friendship, a fractured family, and the complex ways we process grief.