Brant Daugherty To Star In "By the Roots"

Brant Daugherty, Ally Sheedy, Emily Robinson and Margaret Cho are set to star in the upcoming feminist biopic “By the Roots.”

The feature film adaptation of the memoir “Daddy,” from writer-director Madison Young, wrapped production in the San Francisco Bay Area in February.

“By the Roots” follows Madison (Robinson), a successful queer kinky gallerist and sexual revolutionary living in vibrant San Francisco in the early aughts. The past beckons Madison back to her place of origin to face a fragmented part of herself that has been left behind when she is pressured into returning to pastoral Southern Ohio for her mother’s birthday. Young confronts painful memories of the past and awkward conversations with her conservative family as she is confronted about her work in erotic films and her queer identity. She navigates these emotional landmines with the help of her partner, James (Daugherty) whom Young is in a BDSM relationship with, while coming face to face with a part of her childhood that she left behind.