Mary Dague lost both arms defusing bombs in Iraq. She tried for years to write her story and couldn't. Eighteen years later, she's building a world where that trauma belongs to someone else—narrated by DANI, the artificial consciousness she created to watch over her fictional selves. The film reveals her rebuilding identity through imagination, and asks what happens when the only way to tell the truth is through fiction.

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The Last Yztari (2026)

October 16, 2026 78 min

Director: Tim O'Donnell, Sam Oldmeadow  ·  Writer: Mary Dague

Mary Dague lost both arms defusing bombs in Iraq. She tried for years to write her story and couldn't. Eighteen years later, she's building a world where that trauma belongs to someone else—narrated by DANI, the artificial consciousness she created to watch over her fictional selves. The film reveals her rebuilding identity through imagination, and asks what happens when the only way to tell the truth is through fiction.

Director

Tim O'Donnell Tim O'Donnell Sam Oldmeadow Sam Oldmeadow

Cast

Mary Dague Mary Dague Herself