A mother travels West across mid-1960's America with her 12-year-old son in the hope of starting a new life without the boy's kind, yet shortsighted father.
Joy Ride is project done through Ohio University's 419 Productions, a student organization devoted to making professional content. It involved taking a group of students and actors to shoot in Ohio, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas. This project was completely controlled by students from writing the script and fund raising to editing and organizing a premiere.—Anonymous