How the Film Came About
When my husband, Allen, lived in Los Angeles, he befriended a neighbor who was a policeman in East Los Angeles, an area rife with crime. On his time off, the officer would come over, pop a beer, and share on-the-job tales. According to him, more often than not, the cops would take on the role of judge and jury. For example, when they’d roll on calls of domestic violence, it was common for the officers to settle things between the disputing couple right then and there. “You get the couch. You get the TV.” Case closed.
One of these stories passed on to me hovered in the back of my mind until I finally wrote it
as a short story. Then I adapted it to a play, and finally into the film that has become Easy Made Hard.
How the team came about
When I decided to make the film, I put out a call to directors of short films. Delphine Suter responded. After reading the script, Delphine immediately expressed a strong connection to the characters. Growing up in Las Cruces, New Mexico, Delphine has been exposed to an area with a strong community that suffers from poverty and gang issues. It was her previous work and her grasp of the material that made her a perfect partner for the project.