Recollection Sets March 19 On-Demand Release With Memory-Wiping Sci-Fi Thriller

Rosslyn Luke stars as a woman on the run from a corporation that controls society through erased memories.

In an era where dystopian sci-fi feels eerily adjacent to reality, Paradox Studios is stepping into the arena with Recollection, arriving On Demand March 19. Set in the year 2033, the indie thriller imagines a society governed not by brute force, but by erasure — where memory itself is regulated, scrubbed, and weaponized.

Starring Rosslyn Luke, Falk Hentschel, Cesar Garcia, Eric Roberts, and genre favorite Gary Graham in his final screen performance, Recollection centers on Kate Parker, a young employee at Vitality — a corporation that maintains order through mandatory memory cleansing. Citizens are “reset” to preserve stability. Trauma, dissent, and inconvenient truths are wiped clean. Peace through deletion.

But when a system glitch floods Kate’s mind with fragments of a life that was forcibly erased, the façade cracks. She becomes a liability. A malfunction. A target.

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On the run from the very machine she once served, Kate aligns with Teddy, a man convinced that proof of his wife’s murder is buried somewhere inside her fractured recollections. Joined by Sid Dyas, the trio races against time to uncover what Vitality has hidden — before Kate’s identity is wiped for good.

There’s a strong current of early-2000s sci-fi paranoia running through this one — the kind that blends corporate overreach with identity horror. The concept leans into memory as both evidence and battleground, tapping into familiar genre DNA while giving the narrative a scrappy indie pulse.

Behind the camera, Recollection is a true family affair. Written, directed, edited, and produced by the Butera family of Idaho-based Paradox Studios, the film marks an ambitious undertaking for a family-run production company. Caden Butera serves as director, writer, and editor, with brother Rylan Butera co-writing and composing the score. Their mother, Jackie Butera, produces, while father Mark Butera executive produces. It’s a rare all-hands-on-deck creative collaboration — and that kind of personal investment often shows up in the texture of indie sci-fi storytelling.

With Eric Roberts bringing veteran presence and Gary Graham’s final role adding a layer of poignancy for longtime genre fans, Recollection positions itself as a cerebral chase thriller with emotional stakes at its core.

Memory can be manipulated. Truth can be buried. But identity fights back.

Recollection arrives On Demand March 19.