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ABOUT RELATIVE CONTROL
A middle-aged, type-A attorney's life spirals as she juggles her handful of an ex-cop father, forgetful mother, unemployed son, a reignited romance, and a hostile takeover in the biggest corporate control battle of her career.
RELATIVE CONTROL captures the humor, heartbreak, and chaos of balancing family caregiving and career with poignant authenticity. With over 30 million family caregivers in the U.S., RELATIVE CONTROL offers a relatable and timely story for multigenerational audiences.
RELATIVE CONTROL stars Teri Polo (Meet the Parents trilogy, the Fosters, Good Trouble, The Big Leap) who shines as a middle-aged, type-A attorney whose perfectly ordered life spirals hilariously out of control. The film also stars Patrick F. McDade (Mare of Easttown, Concrete Cowboy, Paterno), and Brian Anthony Wilson (Limitless, Law Abiding Citizen, The Wire). It was written by Charlene Davis based on her personal experiences and directed by Dafna Yachin (Digital Dharma).
Gravitas Ventures will release RELATIVE CONTROL on digital platforms on April 11, 2025. The film has a running time of 109 minutes and will not be rated by the MPAA. The film won the Blue Hen Award for Best Regional Narrative at the 2024 Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival and also screened at the 2025 Sedona International Film Festival.
Dafna Yachin
Director / Producer
Dafna has directed award-winning television, film, commercial, and multimedia productions. Her documentaries have aired on CBS, ABC, Discovery, SyFy, and many SVODs. Dafna is the recipient of grants from The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation, The Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation, The Frick Foundation, the Monica Flaherty-Frassetto Trust, and the Wyncote Foundation. Her Oscar qualifying feature documentary, “Digital Dharma: One Man’s Mission to Save a Culture,” enjoyed a 10th anniversary re-release with her new book published by Wisdom Press.
“Relative Control,” starring Teri Polo, is Dafna’s feature narrative directorial debut.
Dafna is in Production on: Feature Doc/limited series- Crime, Social Justice
Alexander McClay Williams: Justice Delayed
Charlene D. Davis
Writer and Executive Producer
Charlene named her production company for the film Third Act Film LLC. Third Act is appropriate since filmmaking is the third career of her life.
Charlene started work in social services as a probation officer and school social worker. During the decade or so she that filled these roles, she attended law school at night. Upon graduation, Charlene was hired as a federal prosecutor and later joined Bayard, P.A., a corporate and commercial law firm in Delaware.
Over the course of 30 years at Bayard, she served as a director, chair of the marketing committee and ultimately president of the firm. Her practice focused on civil litigation and corporate bankruptcy in Delaware and federal courts. Toward the end of her tenure at Bayard, she enrolled in an evening screenwriting class at the University of Arts to work on the script for Relative Control. Charlene retired from Bayard in order to pursue her desire to turn her Relative Control script into a film.
In addition to Relative Control, Charlene served as executive co-producer of Manson Family Vacation, available on Netflix, and I Hate Myself and Want to Die, in final post-production. She resides in Rockland, Delaware and has a second home in Pasadena CA near her son and his family.
A middle-aged, type-A attorney's life spirals as she juggles her handful of an ex-cop father, forgetful mother, unemployed son, a reignited romance, and a hostile takeover in the biggest corporate control battle of her career.
RELATIVE CONTROL captures the humor, heartbreak, and chaos of balancing family caregiving and career with poignant authenticity. With over 30 million family caregivers in the U.S., RELATIVE CONTROL offers a relatable and timely story for multigenerational audiences.
RELATIVE CONTROL stars Teri Polo (Meet the Parents trilogy, the Fosters, Good Trouble, The Big Leap) who shines as a middle-aged, type-A attorney whose perfectly ordered life spirals hilariously out of control. The film also stars Patrick F. McDade (Mare of Easttown, Concrete Cowboy, Paterno), and Brian Anthony Wilson (Limitless, Law Abiding Citizen, The Wire). It was written by Charlene Davis based on her personal experiences and directed by Dafna Yachin (Digital Dharma).
Gravitas Ventures will release RELATIVE CONTROL on digital platforms on April 11, 2025. The film has a running time of 109 minutes and will not be rated by the MPAA. The film won the Blue Hen Award for Best Regional Narrative at the 2024 Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival and also screened at the 2025 Sedona International Film Festival.
Dafna Yachin
Director / Producer
Dafna has directed award-winning television, film, commercial, and multimedia productions. Her documentaries have aired on CBS, ABC, Discovery, SyFy, and many SVODs. Dafna is the recipient of grants from The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation, The Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation, The Frick Foundation, the Monica Flaherty-Frassetto Trust, and the Wyncote Foundation. Her Oscar qualifying feature documentary, “Digital Dharma: One Man’s Mission to Save a Culture,” enjoyed a 10th anniversary re-release with her new book published by Wisdom Press.
“Relative Control,” starring Teri Polo, is Dafna’s feature narrative directorial debut.
Dafna is in Production on: Feature Doc/limited series- Crime, Social Justice
Alexander McClay Williams: Justice Delayed
Charlene D. Davis
Writer and Executive Producer
Charlene named her production company for the film Third Act Film LLC. Third Act is appropriate since filmmaking is the third career of her life.
Charlene started work in social services as a probation officer and school social worker. During the decade or so she that filled these roles, she attended law school at night. Upon graduation, Charlene was hired as a federal prosecutor and later joined Bayard, P.A., a corporate and commercial law firm in Delaware.
Over the course of 30 years at Bayard, she served as a director, chair of the marketing committee and ultimately president of the firm. Her practice focused on civil litigation and corporate bankruptcy in Delaware and federal courts. Toward the end of her tenure at Bayard, she enrolled in an evening screenwriting class at the University of Arts to work on the script for Relative Control. Charlene retired from Bayard in order to pursue her desire to turn her Relative Control script into a film.
In addition to Relative Control, Charlene served as executive co-producer of Manson Family Vacation, available on Netflix, and I Hate Myself and Want to Die, in final post-production. She resides in Rockland, Delaware and has a second home in Pasadena CA near her son and his family.
