A sharply observed, deeply nos­tal­gic com­ing-of-age sto­ry set against the indie music scene of the ear­ly 2000s.

It’s 2005, and Susan is bar­rel­ing down the Long Island Express­way dri­ving a car full of friends to an indie rock show. Eliza is a sur­prise addi­tion in the back­seat — unex­pect­ed, out of place, and impos­si­ble to ignore. Their con­nec­tion is imme­di­ate, elec­tric, and com­pli­cat­ed from the start, shad­owed by the kind of small-town rumors that have a way of stick­ing. As quick­ly as they come togeth­er, they part.

As Susan moves from Long Island to Brook­lyn, from col­lege to the insu­lar world of indie labels, she begins to carve out a life in music, and the future she always dreamed of. Yet the scene that once felt like home reveals its lim­its, forc­ing her to con­front who gets to belong, who gets to cre­ate, and what it costs to stay.

When Susan and Eliza recon­nect years lat­er, the pull between them hasn’t fad­ed — but nei­ther have the unre­solved his­to­ries that first drove them apart. As past and present col­lide, Susan is caught between two worlds — where she’s from, and where she’s try­ing to go.

Mov­ing between the raw inten­si­ty of youth and the clar­i­ty of hind­sight, Long Island Girls cap­tures the ache of grow­ing up, the messi­ness and joy of queer iden­ti­ty, and the way music, mem­o­ry, and desire shape who we become.